I am in a similar boat, converting an old IS script project to Wix/msi. So I am also learning, and very impressed with WIX. Most of my time so far has been trying to sort out oddball configuration issues for drivers. In my case in some scenarios I need to get printer drivers installed as print-to-file and in other situations the same driver as pnp when hardware is attached. But since the pc is embedded into the hardware the hardware is attached even before the software is installed, which creates pnp issues.
Given your info, I think I would: 1) create separate msi (without concern about the UI) for each driver. For me that means a single MSI project for each of three drivers, each of which is built twice to create six x86 and x64 packages. In the mba try to detect devices or collect registration info and other configuration in OnDetect. I do not write anything at this stage. But the mba writes info that will be passed to the msi packages as Burn string variables. (The bootstrapper project defines these string variables as bal:Overwritable. I do not persist these variables since I implement 'remember property' pattern in each MSI. If you can be certain that the MSI will not be launched separate from the bootstrapper, then persisting the variable might be simpler.) Then in the chain it worked best for me to install the drivers first, (based on InstallConditions using variable set by the mba) and then install the application. In each MSI I implemented 'remember property' pattern for info that needs to be passed in. So the info collected by the mba is passed to each MSI as a MsiProperty. I'm still learning, so I am interested in other's advice. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/What-is-the-best-way-to-design-a-Bootstrapper-requiring-external-input-tp7593698p7593701.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/13534_NeoTech _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
