Guesses, I don't know but: 1. Might use the IsAdminPackage property.
2. The first install might explicitly record its path somewhere (such as the OriginalDatabase property) but I suspect it uses the MsiSourceList APIs and the ProductCode of that first package. Phil Wilson -----Original Message----- From: Pratapa Reddy Sanaga [mailto:pratap.san...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 12:19 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] How does network installation work? Hi, I'm trying to create an MSI that would refer to a resource from the network location during installation. I see an MSDN article about how office does network installation for different SKUs based on a config.xml file. >From the article : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc179214(office.12).aspx How it works The 2007 Office system consists of a number of MSI files. None of the files by itself represents the complete installation. However, you assign the 2007 Office system by assigning only the main product MSI file. The next time the computer starts, this MSI file is accessed and a Windows Installer Custom Action recognizes that Office is deploying with Group Policy. The additional Office MSI and support files are then retrieved from the network installation point and the complete product is installed. My questions: 1. How does the custom action recognize that Office is being deployed with GP? Are there any standard APIs to recognize this or maybe Office just sees that it is being installed in silent mode? 2. How does office MSI(when deployed through GP) know which network location to refer to for the additional files? Thanks, Pratap. -- Vote for loksatta = vote for a better future ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 *** Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any associated or attached files, is intended solely for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. This e-mail is confidential and may well also be legally privileged. If you have received it in error, you are on notice of its status. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and then delete this message from your system. Please do not copy it or use it for any purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person. This email comes from a division of the Invensys Group, owned by Invensys plc, which is a company registered in England and Wales with its registered office at Portland House, Bressenden Place, London, SW1E 5BF (Registered number 166023). For a list of European legal entities within the Invensys Group, please go to http://www.invensys.com/legal/default.asp?top_nav_id=77&nav_id=80&prev_id=77. You may contact Invensys plc on +44 (0)20 7821 3848 or e-mail inet.hqhelpd...@invensys.com. This e-mail and any attachments thereto may be subject to the terms of any agreements between Invensys (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates) and the recipient (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
