Unfortunately no. The EXE may contain a compressed MSI anyway :) Microsoft Office, Visual Studio, etc. don't use the internal Windows Installer UI - the UI is handled externally by the bootstrapper which means you can drive installation of multiple MSI's.. If you take a look at the Office DVD you'll see that there are loads of MSI files... the bootstrapper does all the UI work and the fact that multiple MSIs are being installed is all transparent to the user.
Sascha On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 1:30 AM, Lisa Gracias <lisathelugubri...@gmail.com> wrote: > So there's no way for me to nest an installation inside my msi, even if the > installer I'm calling is an exe not an msi? > The problem is the license agreement and application feature selection > screen must be shown before the prerequisite installation starts. > > > On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 6:49 PM, Bob Arnson <b...@joyofsetup.com> wrote: > >> On 2/24/2010 3:44 AM, Lisa Gracias wrote: >> > 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. >> > >> >> You can't install multiple .msis from within another .msi -- that's not >> supported by the MSI engine. That's why bootstrappers are standalone >> .exes. Most (like Visual Studio's) do all their UI in the .exe code, not >> the .msi. >> >> -- >> sig://boB >> http://joyofsetup.com/ >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> 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 >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
