While this is not an MSI chain, I did the following in a bootstrapper as I needed to make sure vcredist_x86 was installed before something else in the program setup:
<?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\VisualStudio\10.0\VC\VCRedist\x86" Value="Installed" Variable="vcredist_x86" /> <util:RegistrySearch Root="HKLM" Key="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0\VC\VCRedist\x64" Value="Installed" Variable="vcredist_x64" /> <PackageGroup Id="vcredist"> <ExePackage Id="vcredist_x86" Cache="no" Compressed="yes" PerMachine="yes" Permanent="yes" Vital="yes" Name="vcredist_x86.exe" SourceFile="vcredist_x86.exe" InstallCommand="/q" DetectCondition="vcredist_x86 AND (vcredist_x86 >= 1)"> <!-- <ExitCode Value ="3010" Behavior="forceReboot" /> --> </ExePackage> <!-- <ExePackage Id="vcredist_x64" Cache="no" Compressed="yes" PerMachine="yes" Permanent="yes" Vital="yes" Name="vcredist_x64.exe" SourceFile="vcredist_x64.exe" InstallCommand="/q" InstallCondition="VersionNT64" DetectCondition="vcredist_x64 AND (vcredist_x64 >= 1)"> <ExitCode Value ="3010" Behavior="forceReboot" /> </ExePackage> --> </PackageGroup> </Fragment> </Wix> Brian If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. - Albert Einstein On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 10:53 AM, Rob Mensching <r...@robmensching.com> wrote: > People have successfully chained in NETFX 3.5 on this mailing list. It's > more of a pain thanks to decisions Windows made. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas Due [mailto:t...@scanvaegt.dk] > Sent: Wednesday, January 8, 2014 3:57 AM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] Chaining .NET 3.5 in Burn > > Hi, > > I am currently looking into Burn, and have a question. Our application is > still using .NET 3.5, and although we fully intend to update to .NET 4.5, > we are not quite ready for that yet. > It seems that Burn only supports Chaining .NET 4.0 or newer. > Is that correct, or is there a way of chaining .NET 3.5? > > > Best regards, > Thomas Due - Software Developer > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT > organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance > affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your > Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics > Pro! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT > organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance > affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your > Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics > Pro! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users