Thanks, I will need to learn about Burn, I see the name of of the utility alot. I now need to learn what it actuall dows. I am however using Wix 3.0 and will need to see if Burn is a 3.5 utility.
Regards, Aris ---- Rob Mensching <r...@robmensching.com> wrote: > Yeah, don't do that. In Burn we do a lot of work to make sure the MSI is > cached in a consistent location so that repair, patching, etc. all work > correctly. > > On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 8:48 AM, <gree...@cox.net> wrote: > > > I created an MSI package, MST (transfor), and .cab file using WIX 3.0. I > > bundle all three up in a NullSoft self extracting exe that when called by a > > bootstrapper, extracts the files to a directory on disk and calls the msi > > using msiexec and setting the TRANSFORMS property to the .MST file. > > > > Question is, after the product is installed, what will happing during a > > normal "Detect and Repair" if the user deletes a key file and then launches > > the app using the application short cut? The ResourceSource action, I know, > > will look for the SourceDir value containing the original MSI. These files > > are gone after the NullSoft executable runs the install and cleans up. > > > > I understand InstallShield using the SETUPEXEDIR property for dealing with > > this, but you do other vendors that wrap their MSI's in a setup.exe type > > file. Also, my NullSoft exe is not named "setup.exe", its is the MSI file > > name replaced with an EXE extention. > > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > 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 > > > > > > > -- > virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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
