I might rise to the challenge but I would like to understand how this would work. Do you see it displaying any UI or just silently installing pre-reqs? That sounds a little bit anti-social just installing something without warning.
Neil >There are several people on this list who might be convinced to write >such a BA (and possibly even contribute it back to WiX) if their time >were compensated. Just sayin' ;-) > >> From: r...@robmensching.com >> Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 10:35:34 -0700 >> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Is it possible to have a bundle without a UI? >> >> That's reasonable too. <smile/> >> >> I've considered creating such a thing before but it's not particularly >> interesting problem for me so it's not a place where I'd choose to >>invest >> my volunteer time. >> >> >> On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 10:25 AM, Alan Fors <af...@platesmart.com> >>wrote: >> >> > That's a reasonable statement Rob. It would be nice, however, if >>there was >> > a simple prerequisite BA packaged with WiX. I'd like to do the same >>as Shay >> > is requesting, without needing to write a custom BA, or re-crafting >>the MSI >> > UI in the wixstdba. >> > >> > Alan >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] >> > Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 1:11 PM >> > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. >> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Is it possible to have a bundle without a UI? >> > >> > It is possible however you'd need to write a custom BA. The wixstdba >> > (provided with the WiX toolset) is designed to create a "single >> > installation experience" not "bunch of independent installs popping >>up". >> > >> > >> > On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 2:48 AM, Vinoth M <vino...@eurofins.com> >>wrote: >> > >> > > I think this is not possible with WIX Bootstrapper. Please find my >> > > answer in stack overflow for the same requirement. >> > > >> > > http://stackoverflow.com/a/17043234/1124244 >> > > >> > > -----Original Message----- >> > > From: Shay Friedman [mailto:shay.fried...@gmail.com] >> > > Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 2:42 PM >> > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> > > Subject: [WiX-users] Is it possible to have a bundle without a UI? >> > > >> > > Hi, >> > > >> > > I've created an installer using WIX and it works fine. Now I want to >> > > add a prerequisite installer that installs .NET before the actual >> > > installer jumps in. >> > > The thing is that I don't want UI for this bootstrapper... 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