Hi there I am trying to get my installer to run dotnet2.exe and others as pre-requisites before running my msi. After some googling, the term I was looking for was bootstrapper / chaininstaller
Is it still the case where WIX don't really support it? Even with using custom action? If so I'll try and learn how to use dotnetinstaller Brian -----Original Message----- From: dB. [mailto:dbl...@dblock.org] Sent: 19 March 2009 12:18 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Calling a external setup package On an even more positive note this is fully supported by http://dotnetinstaller.codeplex.com/. You will soon need something that checks whether your .exe needs to be run, dotnetinstaller will do it for you. -----Original Message----- From: Brian Rogers [mailto:rogers.br...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 2:29 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Calling a external setup package Hey Jim, There is not an "official" way to do this at the time. You could develop your own "bootstrapper" that would launch the sequence. It is highly recommend that you don't use a custom action to launch a secondary process while installing. On a positive note, WIX is currently in the process of developing Burn (a bootstrapper). No official release date is set at this time. Thanks, Brian Rogers "Intelligence removes complexity." - Me http://icumove.spaces.live.com On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 11:50 AM, MacDiarmid, James D < james.macdiar...@eds.com> wrote: > > If I want to call a setup package such as a third-party exe, would I > need to include it in the install, or can I just include it on the > install media? > > Jim MacDiarmid > EDS, an HP company > U.S. Public Sector > Department of Homeland Security Segment > 703-236-3821(office) > 571-247-2343(cell) > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ > Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, > CA > -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the > Enterprise > -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source > participation > -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: > SFAD > http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ 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 _____________________________________________________________________ This e-mail was sent to you by EASYSCREEN LIMITED (EASYSCREEN). We are incorporated under the laws of England and Wales (company no. 05677531 and VAT registration no. 872810613). Our registered office is at 155 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 3TQ. This e-mail and/or any attached documents may contain privileged and confidential information and should only be read by those persons to whom this e-mail is addressed. Use by other than intended recipients is prohibited. If you are not the addressee, you must not copy, distribute, disclose or use any of the information in it. If you have received it in error, please delete it and immediately notify the sender. EASYSCREEN reserves the right to monitor all e-mail messages passing through its network. As we cannot guarantee the genuineness, accuracy or completeness of the information contained in this message, the statements set forth are not legally binding. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
