David Thielen
Wed, 06 Dec 2006 10:07:15 -0800
Hi; I posted this also in the MS forums (no answer) and the MSDN managed newsgroups (useless answer). I am hoping someone here can help.
First off, I have read the following: http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/04/10/Bootstrapper/ http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnvs05/ html/custom_pkg.asp http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms164294.aspx http://www.gotdotnet.com/workspaces/workspace.aspx?id=ddb4f08c-7d7c-4f44 -a009-ea19fc812545 Sorry for all the questions - there is a lot of content about using the bootstrapper to do X but none I could find about all the properties for anything other than the samples shown. And unfortunately none showed requiring J# (a prerequisite for us). After reading the above (and some other pages) I have the following questions about using this: 1) Where is complete documentation for GenerateBootstrapper - including what to put in the package.xml to download from Microsoft (not included in the package and not download from us but downloaded from MS if needed): a) .NET 2.0 framework b) .NET 2.0 language pack if appropiate c) J# 2.0 framework d) J# 2.0 language pack if appropiate e) whatever windows setup a wix built msi needs 2) Is there anywhere to get the Bootstrapper Manifest Generator and is it worth using? The download link at http://www.gotdotnet.com/workspaces/workspace.aspx?id=ddb4f08c-7d7c-4f44 -a009-ea19fc812545 does not work. 3) How do I set it to run our msi installer when it is done with the prerequisites? And is it embedded in the created setup.exe or downloaded at that time? If an option, which is recomended. 4) How do I put out name and text in the dialogs for setup.exe? 5) Is this a single file? Or is this a set of files that we need to write an installer for? 6) Is there a way to make Sql Server Express an option and not show it as an option if Sql Server regular or express (not only express) is already installed? 7) Are there any samples of how we should set up our part of package.xml and the rest of our settings - both in our msbuild.proj file and in the xml files that list what goes in to the bootstrapper. 8) Can this be set so that it will look first on disk for the needed install files and then on MS' website so if we put this all on disk we can use the same bootstrapper? 8b) And if so, where do we get those files and what is the directory structure? I hope with answers to the above I will have at most 1 - 2 followup questions. thanks - dave David Thielen www.windwardreports.com 303-499-2544 x1185 Cubicle Wars - http://www.windwardreports.com/film.htm
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