Don't take what I said the wrong way. WiX is just an MSI authoring tool, and as such has many of the same or comparable capabilities that InstallShield does (I've used both and much prefer WiX). It's just that launching one installer from within another is not something Microsoft supports or allows with the current MSI technology (InstallSheild or WiX). However, if your Setup.exe doesn't ultimately run an MSI, then maybe.
Snag a verbose log file and see what is says. We use a Setup.exe that launches our installer with logging, as a verbose log file is critical for debugging many issues. Good luck with your project. -----Original Message----- From: Arun Perregatturv [mailto:aperregatt...@napcosecurity.com] Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 11:52 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Install external program from CDROM drive In InstallShield, its very simple I can literally launch any program using LaunchAppAndWait(SOURCEFOLDER\SQLServer2008\setup.exe) but here I can't find any tutorials or sample or even a code snippet to say you can do that. Arun Perregattur -----Original Message----- From: Chad Petersen [mailto:chad.peter...@harlandfs.com] Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 2:25 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Install external program from CDROM drive You can't generally launch one install program from within another. However, I am not familiar with the specifics of this scenario, so, maybe? -----Original Message----- From: Arun Perregatturv [mailto:aperregatt...@napcosecurity.com] Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 10:23 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Install external program from CDROM drive Anyone? Arun Perregattur From: Arun Perregatturv Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 10:15 AM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Install external program from CDROM drive I searched all over the Wix but couldn't find anywhere how to install application from cdrom drive. I have wix install which should install SQL Server 2008 based on user selection. Say, if user selects client install I don't have to install SQL Server but if he selects Server install then I have to install it and SQL Server folder is on the CD. CD ROM Directory structure looks like this CD\Setup.exe - Wix Installer with BootStrapper to Install .NET Framework. CD\SQLSERVER2008 - this folder includes x86 and x64 installer for SQL Server 2008 Express Edition. I need one to install SQL Server from the CD Folder. Something like <var.Platform = x64> <CustomAction Id="InstallSQLx64" FileKey="[cddromdir]\SQLServer2008\SQLEXPR_x64_ENU.EXE" ExeCommand ="/q /hideconsole /action=Install /features=SQL /INSTANCENAME=MSSQLSERVER /TCPENABLED=1 /SECURITYMODE=SQL /SAPWD="****" /enableranu=1 /sqlsvcaccount= "NT Authority\System" /SQLSYSADMINACCOUNTS="BUILTIN\ADMINISTRATORS" /skiprules=RebootRequiredCheck" <var.Platform = x86> <CustomAction Id="InstallSQLx86" FileKey="[cddromdir]\SQLServer2008\SQLEXPR32_x86_ENU.EXE" ExeCommand ="/q /hideconsole /action=Install /features=SQL /INSTANCENAME=MSSQLSERVER /TCPENABLED=1 /SECURITYMODE=SQL /SAPWD="****" /enableranu=1 /sqlsvcaccount= "NT Authority\System" /SQLSYSADMINACCOUNTS="BUILTIN\ADMINISTRATORS" /skiprules=RebootRequiredCheck" Is this possible? 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