I might have been unclear, sorry. I don't want to create the msi package, I just want to bootstrap it. If there's no msi installer, I'd stick to the exe installer. The exe package should look somewhat like this (not testet yet)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi"; xmlns:util="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension";> <Fragment> <util:RegistrySearch Root="HKLM" Key="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition\v4.0\DEU" Value="DesktopRuntimeVersion" Win64="no" Result="value" Variable="DEU_INST"/> <PackageGroup Id="SQLServerCompact_4.0"> <ExePackage Id="SQLServerCompact_4.0_x86" Cache="no" Compressed="no" Vital="no" Permanent="yes" SourceFile="$(var.TargetDir)SSCERuntime_x86-DEU.msi" DownloadUrl="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=253117&clcid=0x407"; DetectCondition='DEU_INST == "4.0.8876.1"' InstallCommand="/i /q" /> <ExePackage Id="SQLServerCompact_4.0_x64"Visible="yes" Permanent="yes" SourceFile="$(var.TargetDir)SSCERuntime_x64-DEU.msi" DownloadUrl="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=253118&clcid=0x407"; InstallCommand="/i /q" InstallCondition="VersionNT64" DetectCondition='DEU_INST == "4.0.8876.1"'/> </PackageGroup> </Fragment> </Wix> Am 16.06.2013 21:19, schrieb Dan Blanchard: > It's pretty easy to distribute SQL ce DLLS, you can just deploy the files. > Here is a blog that describes this. > > http://erikej.blogspot.com/2011/02/using-sql-server-compact-40-with.html > > I made my own merge module > > Hope this helps > > Dan > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jun 16, 2013, at 6:46 AM, Michael Stoll <unwicht...@mistoll.de> wrote: > >> I'm authoring a burn package for SQL CE 4.0. >> >> Are there any preexistend SQL CE packages? >> >> The package should use msi files that are downloaded automatically. But >> the only msi files for download, that i could find where the SP1 CTP >> version. >> Is there a msi package out there with a permanent download link or do I >> have to stick to the exe package? >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: >> >> Build for Windows Store. >> >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev >> _______________________________________________ >> WiX-users mailing list >> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: > > Build for Windows Store. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
