hey all I have a bundle B.exe that installs NET4.exe , VS2010CRT.msi , OurProduct.msi. The bundle is compressed and embeds all the packages.
NET4.msi being the .NET 4 full framework VS2010CRT.msi being VS2010 CRT runtimes OurProduct.msi being all the assemblies that we develop inhouse. We support both 32bit and 64bit platforms *but don't allow the user to install a 32bit version on a 64bit OS.* B.exe (32bit) B.exe(64bit) have different upgrade codes and so do VS2010CRT.msi and OurProduct.msi as per recommendations I found on the web in case one wants to support a side by side install. Lot of our customers already have NET4 framework installed so I made boostrapper W.exe that can download NET4.exe , VS2010CRT.msi , OurProduct.msi if needed from our webservers. This way the bootstrapper can itself be very small in size. This seems to work beautifully. But this has a problem that I would need W.exe 32bit and W.exe 64bit. Now I am thinking of making a universal web installer U.exe that would embed NET4.exe VS2010-32msi VS2010-64bit.msi Ourproduct64bit.msi Ourproduct32.msi and install only the components needed based on whether the current OS is 32bit or 64bit. If I want to support a scenarios where the user 1) installs using B.exe 2) upgrades using U.exe 3) upgrades using B.exe and it all works seamlessly. It seems like this would work in theory if B.exe (32bit) , B.exe (64bit) and U.exe all would have to share the same upgrade code. Would this work or is there another recommended way to achieve what I want ? Thanks raj ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Minimize network downtime and maximize team effectiveness. Reduce network management and security costs.Learn how to hire the most talented Cisco Certified professionals. Visit the Employer Resources Portal http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/employer_resources/index.html _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
