To redistribute 3rd party installation packages you will need to use a bootstrapper. WiX v3.6 has Burn in development which some people are already using but the other options I can think of off the top of my head would be dotnetinstaller (http://dotnetinstaller.codeplex.com/) or SharpSetup (http://sharpsetup.eu/), writing your own or buying a commercial package like InstallShield & using theirs. Personally I use dotnetinstaller as I needed it 2 years ago when Burn was just a twinkle in Rob M's eye & I didn't have time to implement SharpSetup. Burn seems quite mature now even though it's still in active development & I will be giving it a look over the next few months when I have some time to spare. dotnetinstaller is really simple to configure so you can have something working in minutes.
To check for the existence of pre-requisites in your installer you can use LaunchConditions -> http://wix.tramontana.co.hu/tutorial/getting-started/useful-extras You can in theory get your installer to run other people's installers. This is called Concurrent Installations but is highly dangerous, very strongly not recommended & very easy to go wrong (also very easy to break both your installation & the 3rd party one). See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368010.aspx Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment Engineer 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: Sameer Arora [mailto:arora...@gmail.com] Sent: 22 June 2011 00:05 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Redist an external MSI Hi, I am totally new to WiX, Setup world and have just converted a Visual Studio setup project to WiX using dark. Now I need to redist an external MSI as part of our "converted" WiX setup. Any pointers how I should go about this would really help: - Are there any WiX redist samples I could learn from ? - Is it possible to change the InstallUISequence to insert checks for redist presence. If redist is not present, how can I download the publically available MSI and make it's installation part of installation experience of the rest of my app. Thanks for any pointers, Sameer ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with vRanger. Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is safe, secure and there when you need it. Data protection magic? Nope - It's vRanger. Get your free trial download today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
