Well, if that's all you really want, why not just make a self extracting zip file that calls the command line to do the vsix install? Why bother with MSI at all?
--- On Wed, 4/28/10, Will Sullivan <wsulli...@softdocs.com> wrote: > From: Will Sullivan <wsulli...@softdocs.com> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] VSIX after installation? > To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." > <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Date: Wednesday, April 28, 2010, 1:13 PM > I just want a cheap and dirty way to > install some dlls and drop a template in VS. The > template is already in a .vsix (I exported a solution as a > template), which installs nicely. My initial idea was > to just package the .vsix in the installer then have the > installer "schedule" (somehow) vsixinstaller.exe to do the > rest. I don't want to spend the time figuring out how > to install a template using an MSI for a dinky little > template that'll be used in-house. If it breaks, it > breaks. But thanks for the warning. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Deville [mailto:jdevi...@microsoft.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 1:23 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] VSIX after installation? > > I've been told by people on the VSX team to NOT use the > mixed mode installation. If you want features that the VSIX > can't offer, they've said to use MSI instead. They also said > that the page you linked right there is not accurate, and > will be changed or removed. > > Thanks, > > JD > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alexander Shevchuk (Volt) [mailto:a-ale...@microsoft.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 9:51 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] VSIX after installation? > > Seems like there is special procedure to do that: > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee332502.aspx > Also, documentation is saying that in order to install > templates using .vsix, target system has to have SDK or > Visual Studio installed. > > As far as WiX code validity, CA declaration looks fine. > > Alex > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Will Sullivan [mailto:wsulli...@softdocs.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 9:07 AM > To: WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] VSIX after installation? > > I'm trying to use Wix to drop some DLLs on the target > machine and then run another installer, this being a .VSIX > that installs some templates. > > I'm not having any luck getting this to work. This is > what I'm doing right now: > > <Binary Id="vsix" > SourceFile="..\..\..\SolutionItems\sobmofogdfu.vsix"/> > > <CustomAction Id="InstallTemplates" > > > Execute="deferred" > > > Impersonate="no" > > ExeCommand="" > > > Return="asyncNoWait" > > > BinaryKey="vsix"/> > > <InstallExecuteSequence> > <Custom > Action="InstallTemplates" > > Before="InstallFinalize"/> > </InstallExecuteSequence> > > This doesn't work. All I want to do is tell the > operating system to "execute" the friggen vsix. How do > I do this? > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > 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
