VC++ 2008 redistributables are available as merge modules in C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Merge Modules\ Simply consume them in your MSI using Merge Elements. Unless you have other pre-requisites which don't supply merge modules e.g. .NET Framework then you shouldn't need any extra code.
Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment & IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the <Virtual Environment>** Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. SC151456 Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow G20 0SP Email Disclaimer -----Original Message----- From: Tobi Ha [mailto:tob...@gmx.net] Sent: 16 July 2010 11:04 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Embedded Chainer as Bootstrapper? Hello, because I did not find information on this while searching I thought may be someone from the list has experience on this: For a product we need to ship e.g. the VC2008 redistributables as prerequisite and install it before our own product. This can be done with a Bootstrapper (setup.exe) that first calls the VC2008redist.exe and after that out product.msi. I now got the requirement that the customer wants to launch the msi and no exe programm. So I found that WI 4.5 has the possibility of an embedded chainer. So my idea is to embed the bootstrapper as embedded chainer in the MSI so it is called when double clicking the msi file. But I am not sure if this would work. The references, examples and descriptions on chainer only mention the launch of several MSI in a chain but the launch of an exe installation. Does anyone have any experience if this might work? Best regards, Tobias -- GRATIS für alle GMX-Mitglieder: Die maxdome Movie-FLAT! Jetzt freischalten unter http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/maxdome01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
