Srivardhan is correct, chaining MSI's isn't supported by Windows Installer (as far as I know but my knowledge is limited to v3.1 since it's the only version widely supported from XP onwards. v4.5 or v5 may have different functionality but until they're provided for Windows XP through automatic updates they don't exist as far as I'm concerned).
Reverse Engineering an MSI isn't something I'd recommend in this scenario. Either ask your provider to deliver merge modules to you instead of a pre-built MSI which you can incorporate into your own MSI or use a bootstrapper to install both MSI's sequentially. There are plenty of freely available bootstrappers you could use if you don't wish to 'roll your own'. WiX 3.5 has one in development called burn but until it's stable you may wish to use something like dotnetinstaller or even the Setup.exe which Visual Studio provides. Good luck, Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment & IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the <Virtual Environment>** Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. SC151456 Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow G20 0SP Email Disclaimer -----Original Message----- From: Sunkesula, Srivardhan [mailto:srivardhan.sunkes...@netapp.com] Sent: 03 July 2009 10:16 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Execute an MSI within an MSI As far as I know, we cannot call an MSI inside an other MSI. Anyone Correct me if I'm wrong. What we can do is generate wxs from the msi(reverse engineering), which we need inside our msi. Then generate an MSI including those wxs. Thanks &Regards, Srivardhan. -----Original Message----- From: David Hernández Díez [mailto:dhd...@hotmail.com] Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 2:13 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Execute an MSI within an MSI Hello, I am wondering if it is possible to execute an MSI within the MSI that I create using Wix. I need to do it because a provider delivers me an MSI to install part of a solution and I need to bundle everything within an MSI. Thanks, David _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live(tm): Keep your life in sync. Check it out! http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_allup_explore_012009 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
