I'm using Wix 3.0 to create an msi for an application that has a couple of prerequisites, such as the .NET Framework and Silverlight.
According to the specs I have, there must be a dialog during the UI sequence which displays a list of prerequisites (the list depends on which features the user selected) and a progress bar to show that the prerequisites are being downloaded and installed (similar to Windows Update). In the background, I need to create a bootstrapper that downloads the prerequisites from the web and silently installs them. I've tried the GenerateBootstrapper task in MSBuild but since it bootstraps all the prerequisites before calling the msi, it doesn't serve my purpose. I've also looked at the custom actions which call an exe, but I need to bootstrap the prerequisites from the web so I don't know if I can use them. What would be the best thing for me to do? Also, I know nested installations have been deprecated, but is that only for msi's or also for exe's? Would I be able to call the .NET installer exe from my msi? How does Visual Studio manage to nest prerequisite installation inside the installer? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
