Generally MSIs are authored to remove previous installations that they replace. However, any MSI can be authored to remove pretty much any arbitrary set of MSIs upon installation.
Also, to help you in your knowledge search, the process that installs (and possibly uninstalls) several different MSIs and EXEs is called a chainer and/or bootstrapper. -----Original Message----- From: Manuel Aude [mailto:dor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 10:11 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Creating an automated setup of a development environment Hi, I just started to read on WiX this week and it has been because I was assigned a task in which I'm supposed to create the installation of a dev-env in which several tools (including, but not limited to, .NET 3.5SP1 Fw, VS2010 ultimate, etc.) are installed, as well as some registry changes. I don't think I have any problems so far with the installation process. My issue is with the error handling. I'm calling several .exe's and .msi's for the installation and I need to know if a very specific .msi fails on it's installation, I have to uninstall one that is supposed to install before it. How would I do that? And my other issue is the uninstall process. How can I personalize the uninstallation of the .msi's and .exe's called during the uninstall? Thank you for the help and I apologize in advance if the questions are too newbie :) Manuel ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
