Our application install scenario contains conditional pre-requisites. What bootstrappers can do this today?
Basically, we want a bootstrapper that can support this scenario: 1A) If App1 is installed, install X1 (matching addon MSI package to App1) 1B) If App1 is not installed, don't install X1 1C) If App1 and X1 are both installed already, do nothing (done already) 2) Start our own application MSI installer That is, App1 is not a pre-requisite for the bootstrapper, but if installed its presence requires an additional pre-requisite component to be installed. I would want the bootstrapper to use a registry search to detect if application App1 is installed and if so install the matching pre-requisite. 1) dotNetInstaller I've checked out the dotNetInstaller, which looks interesting. It seems to be able to do everything we need, except for the above requirement. dotNetInstaller has the InstalledCheck element, but can it be used for this scenario? It seems to only support checking for the presence of the very same component that is about to be installed. I can't see a way to link a component to be conditionally installed based on the presence of another component. Is there a way to make this work w dotNetInstaller? 2) Other bootstrapper options Can Burn or .NET FW bootstrapper handle this scenario? Some other alternative? By the way, I know Burn is put on hold until 3.0 "ships", but what is the current status of Burn as it exists now? Ps. App1 is Excel v Xxxx and X1 is matching PIA v Xxxx. /Mathias ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
