On 13-May-11 13:32, Wilson, Phil wrote: > Well being picky you don't need MSI 4.5 if all you want to do is install a > collection of MSI files wrapped in your custom UI using > MsiSetExternalUIRecord - that's always been an option. MSI 4.5 gives you > transaction support (so you don't need to uninstall some yourself if one > fails), and the ability to say that you have an embedded UI, but folks have > been chaining MSIs and generally making a collection look like a single > "product" for a long time, and MSI 4.5 just gave more hooks to make it better.
It also provides the ability for a chainer to be delivered as an .msi (via MsiEmbeddedChainer) instead of just as an .exe. That makes it easier for GPO deployment. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Achieve unprecedented app performance and reliability What every C/C++ and Fortran developer should know. Learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools to help boost performance applications - inlcuding clusters. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
