Chained MSI installations still need a bootstrapper. MSI 4.5 just makes the chain rollback much easier to implement.
Curtis Jewell wrote: > You can't really do that unless you want to rely on a newer version of > Windows Installer than a lot of people have. Instead, you'll want a > bootstrapper to do it. dotNetInstaller is a good one, you may want to > google it. Other people here may have other recommendations. > > If you want to restrict your MSI's to run on Windows Installer 4.5 or > higher only [effectively a requirement for Windows XP SP2 or better, > Windows Server 2003 SP1 or better, or Windows Vista or Server 2008 - and > then you might want the bootstrapper anyway to install Windows Installer > 4.5!], then you can implement chained installations. > > --Curtis > > On Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:58 +0800, "Frank Li" <lzn...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I want to include third part MSI at my product. >> How to do it? >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial >> Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited >> royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing >> server and web deployment. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects >> _______________________________________________ >> WiX-users mailing list >> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users >> > -- > Curtis Jewell > swords...@csjewell.fastmail.us > > %DCL-E-MEM-BAD, bad memory > -VMS-F-PDGERS, pudding between the ears > > [I use PC-Alpine, which deliberately does not display colors and pictures in > HTML mail] > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial > Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited > royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing > server and web deployment. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
