Sounds similar to a problem I recently encountered when looking for a decent bootstrapper to use with WiX.
I'd suggest duplicating the search anyway (since corporate environments usually require an MSI for deployment). The difference will be that the MSI just throws an error and tells the user to install X,Y and Z manually while the bootstrapper will prompt to download or install from CD automagically. However if you're looking to create a "single exe" installer then you can try a self-extracting winrar archive or wrapping NSIS around your MSI so that it's not exposed to the user. Sascha On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 3:49 PM, lesterbangs <datapa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am using the Bootstrap Manifest Generator to build a bootstrapper which > will search for and install third-party prerequisites on the target machine > (Flash, Acrobat, etc). > > Since BMG-- and most other bootstrapper builders I have encountered-- leave > the bare MSI exposed in the same location as the setup.exe bootstrapper, this > means there is a possibility that an end user would execute the MSI directly > rather than use the bootstrapper. > > So in addition to creating the appropriate registry/file/folder searches in > BMG, the equivalent searches must be authored as <Condition> elements in WiX, > so that the installation aborts if a user attempts to install the MSI without > first installing the prerequisites. > > Is this logic correct? I.e. must AppSearch be duplicated in both the > bootstrapper and the MSI? > -- > View this message in context: > http://n2.nabble.com/LaunchConditions-%2B-Bootstrapper-tp2623074p2623074.html > Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
