I had thought about that and i tried 7zip, but I will need to be able to pass parameters to the executable in the zip and I didn't see a way to do that. I was hoping I would be able to find a way to make the msi, dll, and xml file part of the exe.
On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 9:03 AM, Peter Shirtcliffe <pshirtcli...@sdl.com>wrote: > 2. Package them up into a self extracting executable with something like > 7zip > or winrar. You can specify a command line to run after extraction when you > create the archive. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tyler Walters [mailto:tyler.walters...@gmail.com] > Sent: 08 April 2011 14:56 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] A RegistrySearch question and > Multi-Instancequestions. > > Thanks David > > 1. You are absolutely right. I completely missed that. Solved! :D > > 2. It is a bootstrapper that interacts with the msi before executing it. It > is actually a wpf project and I reference the > Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll that is in the wix\bin folder. > Basically I just need to figure out how I can package the three files into > a single .exe so we are only shipping our customers a single file. However, > it may be that the bootstrapper could actually be a custom action, I don't > know if that would work or not. > > On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 4:40 AM, David Watson <dwat...@sdl.com> wrote: > > > 1, I think you may be missing Uninstall from your key path. > > e.g. > > > > "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\[ProductCode]" > > > > 2, Not sure what you are aiming at here, dtf is an api that helps you > > access > > the windows installer, did you make a custom action project? > > > > 3, I've not really done instance transforms, they always seem more > trouble > > than they are worth, sorry. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Tyler Walters [mailto:tyler.walters...@gmail.com] > > Sent: 07 April 2011 20:31 > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: [WiX-users] A RegistrySearch question and Multi-Instance > > questions. > > > > > > 1. RegistrySearch. I am trying to do a registry search and it is not > > working. > > > > <Property Id="USERINSTANCENAME"> > > <RegistrySearch Id="InstanceNameSearch" Root="HKLM" > > Key="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\[ProductCode]" > > Name="InstanceName" Type="raw" /> > > </Property> > > > > Now I thought it was just this simple, but the property is not being > > set. Here is part of the log. (If you need more of the log, let me know). > > I have gone into the registry and manually verified that the registry > > value is set. This log comes from doing a repair after installing. > > > > AppSearch: Property: USERINSTANCENAME, Signature: InstanceNameSearch > > MSI (c) (04:D8) [12:14:45:067]: Note: 1: 2262 2: Signature 3: -2147287038 > > MSI (c) (04:D8) [12:14:45:067]: Note: 1: 1402 2: > > > > > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\{A53A5F7C-7AF1-4 > > 854-9B4F-01A6C77CC4AB} > > 3: 2 > > Action ended 12:14:45: AppSearch. Return value 1. > > > > > > 2. Multi-Instance. I have a boot strapper that is using > > Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller (or DTF) and when it builds, a dll > > and > > an xml file are created. > > The problem is that I now have an msi, dll, and xml file that I cannot > > figure out how to package into a single exe. Does anyone have a > suggestion > > on how > > this could be handled. > > > > > > 3. Multi-Instance. I am having a problem doing major upgrades. I ran > into > > the problem of all instances being uninstalled instead of just the > > specified > > instance. I learned each instance needs to be part of its own > > upgradecode family, so now each instance transform has its own > upgradcode. > > The problem > > is that I can't figure out now how to search for the specific > upgradcode > > code and mark it for uninstallation. I was trying to use the 'Upgrade' > > element, > > but it doesn't allow for a condition, which is the only way I see it > > working. What have other people done to make multi-instance major > upgrades > > work? > > > > Thanks > > > > -- > > Tyler Walters - Duck Creek Technologies, Inc. > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > - > > Xperia(TM) PLAY > > It's a major breakthrough. 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