There's such a thing as a .zap file for installing exes with GPO but it is limited in what it can do. Mass deployment systems other than GPO handle exes much better.
Windows Installer 4.5 added multi package transactions but I seem to recall Rob saying it wasn't entirely reliable in some situations. -----Original Message----- From: Steven Ogilvie [mailto:steven.ogil...@titus.com] Sent: 27 February 2013 14:07 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Looking at WiX to generate a Chained install package. Classification: Public I have heard that GPO doesn't support EXE's? -----Original Message----- From: Neil Sleightholm [mailto:n...@x2systems.com] Sent: February-27-13 8:59 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Looking at WiX to generate a Chained install package. Chaining MSI's in an MSI is not supported so I am not sure how InstallShield does that. WiX bundles are chains of MIS's packaged as an EXE, this can easily be pushed out be admins as it supports unattended installs with command line parameters than can be pushed in to the chained MSI's in much the same way as an unattended MSI. Neil >No we are not talking about nested installs. > >I am actually talking about a Chain installer that chains in a bunch of >.msi project into a single msi package. > >InstallShield has this it correctly creates a single .msi package for >administrators to push out. > >We started looking at WiX and therefore are in the process of >converting all our install project to WiX, but we did not know what >Chaining capabilities WiX had and therefore I was looking into this. > >InstallShield has some of their own custom actions to accomplish this: >ISChainPackageCommit, ISChainPackagePrepare and ISChainPackageRollback >and they have created their own tables to handle the data: >ISChainPackage, ISChainPackageData and they make use of the >EmbeddedChainer > >The only issue is that they do not support individual product minor >upgrades or patches and therefore we have only used it for major >upgrades where all product .msi are major upgrades. > >Anyways if WiX does not yet support a Chain package that generates a >single .msi then I guess for this product we'll have to continue using >InstallShield. > >Thanks, > >Tim. > > > >-- >View this message in context: >http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Looking-a >t-W iX-to-generate-a-Chained-install-package-tp7583963p7583994.html >Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >----------------------------------------------------------------------- >--- >---- >Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. >Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite >for free today: >http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_feb >_______________________________________________ >WiX-users mailing list >WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_feb _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users This message has been marked as Public by Steven Ogilvie on February-27-13 9:07:23 AM. The above classification labels were added to the message by TITUS Message Classification. Visit www.titus.com for more information. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_feb _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users SDL PLC confidential, all rights reserved. If you are not the intended recipient of this mail SDL requests and requires that you delete it without acting upon or copying any of its contents, and we further request that you advise us. SDL PLC is a public limited company registered in England and Wales. Registered number: 02675207. Registered address: Globe House, Clivemont Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 7DY, UK. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_feb _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
