Calling of one install from another is called chaining. It's not that WiX doesnt support chaining....Not being able to "Chain" installs is a limitation imposed by Windows Installer technology which WiX uses. So any MSI you build has this limitation whether it's built using WiX or otherwise.
However, you can get around that limitation by using another program that runs each installer separately. That way one installer is not calling another. This type of program is called a bootstrapper. There appears to be a number of bootstrappers around depending on the environment you develop in. I believe Visual Studio may have one built in. WiX will be adding a bootstrapper to its tools in the future when WiX V3.5 becomes available if you can wait for that. Chris -----Original Message----- From: Yu, Brian [mailto:b...@easyscreen.com] Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 06:19 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Third-party installation Try using this http://dotnetinstaller.codeplex.com/ As far as I know, WIX doesn't support multiple msi's -----Original Message----- From: MacDiarmid, James D [mailto:james.macdiar...@eds.com] Sent: 01 July 2009 16:21 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Third-party installation All, I have a couple third-party installers, such as the SOAP toolkit, I need to kick off during my installer. This file does not get installed with the rest of the application. How would I go about setting that up? Thanks, Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ _______________________________________________ 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
