Michael,
In that case you will need to run both MSIs from a setup.exe
bootstrapper (non-MSI). The problem as I understand it is that you can't
reliably run one MSI from another. You see, the Windows Installer
service only allows one MSI to be loaded and running at a time. I
believe that there are tricks to get around it but I am not sure how
reliable they are and whether they would be considered a good practice.
One other option to consider if you haven't already is to contact the
vendor to see if they have a MSI merge module available. That would
allow you to "merge" their files and installation instructions into your
single MSI file. Ideally this is the way it "should" be done, but
"should" doesn't always count for much in the real world...
- Brett
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From: Michael Reiland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 12:20 PM
To: Brett Kapilik; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Calling external install script from
your installscript?
Thank you for the quick response Brett.
I'm rather ignorant when it comes to installer scripts (This is
a new hat for me) so I'd like to make sure I'm understanding you.
The other software is installed via MSI so when you say I need
to bootstrap into 1 setup.exe does that mean I should create my MSI file
then create another MSI file that's made up of both my software MSI and
the OEM MSI?
Or are you stating that I should write a simple program named
Setup.exe that runs both MSI files in the background?
- Michael Reiland
On 5/1/07, Brett Kapilik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
If the other installer does not use MSI then you could
call it with a custom action. If it is MSI then you will probably have
to resort to bootstrapping both it and your installer into one setup.exe
routine.
- Brett
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael
Reiland
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 10:19 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Calling external install
script from your installscript?
I have a piece of OEM software on which my
software depends. I'd like to bundle everything up into a single
executable that will run the OEM install script then finish my install
script (or in the reverse order if necessary). I'm new to Wix and there
seems to be a lot there so I thought it may be faster if I could get
some input into how to do this. If I need to create a dll to do the
handywork for me that's ok too.
What's the best way to achieve this via wix?
Thanks
- Michael Reiland
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