The out of the box bootstrappers provided by Wix currently doesn't have a feature tree to drive the MSI's. You could show your MSI UI, but that would deter from the single unified installation experience.
If you have a single MSI that has no prerequisites then using burn would only allow you for a more advanced user experience. If you have prerequisites and would like a unified installation process, then the most common direction would be to generate a custom bootstrapper to allow for feature selection, and store those features in variables and then use the burn engine to pass those variables to your MSI. If your MSI is getting overly large, you could also consider using multiple smaller MSI's and conditionally install them based on the feature tree selection. Writing a custom bootstrapper is not heavily documented, however there is both the WixSTDBA (Native C++) and Wix's own BA (written in C#) as examples of where one could start. Jacob -----Original Message----- From: vchauras [mailto:vivekchauras...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, September 07, 2012 5:37 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Upgrading to Burn [list of steps to take] Hello all, We already have a big size msi for our product and it supports installation of various features. Now, with Wix3.6 onwards, we want to use Burn in our build stage. My main concern before moving to Burn is that : - how would I know if my current MSI needs Burn supported functionality or not ? - Can burn only help in checking the pre-requisites of an installation and chaining of smaller MSI s ? - What other questions should I ask myself if I want to move from old MSI generation (using Wix3.5) to a new process of generation using Burn ? If anyone experienced with Burn could help me answering such queries, that would be grateful. Thanks Vivek -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Upgrading-to-Burn-list-of-steps-to-take-tp7580375.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
