Hi all, I am wondering what is the best solution to solve the following problem. I hope the Windows Installer experts wandering to this list will provide interesting input.
I want to deliver a main product and a complementary product, the latest being reserved to a limited set of customers. The complementary product is a kind of add-in for the main product, it cannot work if the main product is missing. For commercial reasons, we want these two products to be in different installers (.exe or .msi/.msp). For technical reasons, the complementary product must be bound to a specific version of the main product. I mean if the main product is updated the complementary product must also be updated. So, I would like to obtain the following behavior: - The complementary product installs if and only if the appropriate version of the main product is already installed - When the main product is uninstalled, the complementary product is also automatically uninstalled (if present of course) - The complementary product can be uninstalled alone, the main product remains installed - Finally, it would be nice if, in ARP, the complementary product could appear as a child node of the main product like Windows security updates for instance. What is the best way to do this ? - Create a patch for the main product or - Have another product and manually (don't know how) create the dependencies between main and complementary products. or - Something else I didn't think about Olivier Cochelin Notocord Systems ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now & Save for Velocity, the Web Performance & Operations Conference from O'Reilly Media. Velocity features a full day of expert-led, hands-on workshops and two days of sessions from industry leaders in dedicated Performance & Operations tracks. Use code vel09scf and Save an extra 15% before 5/3. http://p.sf.net/sfu/velocityconf _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
