[WiX-users] MSJET 3.5 With Wix

2007-05-01 Thread conkerjoe
What would be the most efficient way to install MS Jet 3.5 on a machine with Wix ? I have tried to add the dlls/exes manually and registerting the relevent ones into system32 dir.. but nothing gets placed on the end mahcine.. no errors or anything but no files to be seen. the section for the

Re: [WiX-users] MSJET 3.5 With Wix

2007-05-01 Thread Tony Hoyle
conkerjoe wrote: What would be the most efficient way to install MS Jet 3.5 on a machine with Wix ? Use a bootstrapper to run MDAC (then most likely jet 3.5 sp3). MDAC most likely won't do anything on newer systems as it's in the base OS now, but you want to be sure in case it gets run on

Re: [WiX-users] MSJET 3.5 With Wix

2007-05-01 Thread conkerjoe
iv been through the hell of bootstrappers and wix in the past.. its actually easier to just hav a massive batch file install it than go through the pain. could you help the pain and offer a sugestion of a bootstrapper?? one of the main issues is whats to stop the user just starting the msi

Re: [WiX-users] MSJET 3.5 With Wix

2007-05-01 Thread Rennie Petersen
Of conkerjoe Sent: 1. maj 2007 11:56 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] MSJET 3.5 With Wix iv been through the hell of bootstrappers and wix in the past.. its actually easier to just hav a massive batch file install it than go through the pain. could you help the pain

Re: [WiX-users] MSJET 3.5 With Wix

2007-05-01 Thread Tony Hoyle
conkerjoe wrote: one of the main issues is whats to stop the user just starting the msi rather than the Exe you ask them to start with an autorun.. it really needs to be something like Installshield which wraps everything up into 1 exe so the end user doesnt have a choice Have a required

Re: [WiX-users] MSJET 3.5 With Wix[Scanned]

2007-05-01 Thread Thomas Leigh
] MSJET 3.5 With Wix[Scanned] conkerjoe wrote: one of the main issues is whats to stop the user just starting the msi rather than the Exe you ask them to start with an autorun.. it really needs to be something like Installshield which wraps everything up into 1 exe so the end user doesnt have

Re: [WiX-users] MSJET 3.5 With Wix[Scanned]

2007-05-01 Thread Tony Hoyle
Thomas Leigh wrote: Would doing this mean that you can't do a distributed install, or whatever you would call it, i.e. with GPO? All the bootstrap solutions have this limitation. If you want to go for 'pure msi' you need to list the prerequisites in the install instructions and let the admin

Re: [WiX-users] MSJET 3.5 With Wix

2007-05-01 Thread Jeff Paulsen
conkerjoe wrote: iv been through the hell of bootstrappers and wix in the past.. its actually easier to just hav a massive batch file install it than go through the pain. could you help the pain and offer a sugestion of a bootstrapper?? I've had good results using NSIS to make a bootstrapper