Hi, Have a look at the wix included tool setupbld.exe. Think this should be able to create a setup.exe wrapper which runs as admin. But afaik no possibility to generate a log file.
Other options are full bootstrappers like DotNetInstaller of Burn which is under development. Visual Studio 2010 Bootstrapper task also can build a setup.exe doing the job (also no idea if logging is possible without much effort. Or check out 7z Library, SFXs for installers, Plugin for FAR Manager ( http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sevenzip/7z920_extra.7z). When the correct manifest is embedded to this SFX module it should run with the needed privileges. Configuration to log also should be something like ;!@Install@!UTF-8! Title="AppName" ExecuteFile="msiexec.exe" ExecuteParameters="/i YOURMSI.msi /l*v %temp%\YOUR_logfile.log ;!@InstallEnd@! see also my post http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/compression-tt5930577.html#a5936482 regards Tobias 2011/2/17 Michael Tissington <michael_tissing...@ciqual.com>: > I've looked thru lots of google results trying to find out how to build a > setup.exe from a single wix generated msi file. > > Visual Studio 2010 has a bootstrapper project but that looks like a work in > process, am I right? > > > > Basically all I need my setup to do is to launch the msi and create a log > file as an elevated user. > > The setup.exe should not have any gui > > > > Is this something I can do with the wix toolset and automate it when I build > my msi from within Visual Studio? > > > > Thanks. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The ultimate all-in-one performance toolkit: Intel(R) Parallel Studio XE: > Pinpoint memory and threading errors before they happen. > Find and fix more than 250 security defects in the development cycle. > Locate bottlenecks in serial and parallel code that limit performance. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devfeb > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The ultimate all-in-one performance toolkit: Intel(R) Parallel Studio XE: Pinpoint memory and threading errors before they happen. Find and fix more than 250 security defects in the development cycle. Locate bottlenecks in serial and parallel code that limit performance. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devfeb _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
