(No certainty but...) When you "fire off the MSDE installer" you need to make 
sure that it has finished before returning from your custom action -- otherwise 
Windows Installer is correct that there's another installation in progress.

At 05:54 AM 5/19/2005, Peter Suter wrote
>Hi all,
>The docs on installing MSDE pretty clearly state to avoid using merge
>modules and instead install from within a "wrapper application".
>This (to me anyway) means that I write an installer class, add that as a
>custom action and use it to fire off the MSDE installer.
>This causes a problem for Windows Installer, which complains "Another
>installation is already in progress. Complete that  installation before
>proceeding with this install."
>
>There seems to be nothing relevant in the kb.
>I'd appreciate any suggestions for how to deal with this issue, and of
>course any other enlightenment is welcome.
>What is currently the best practice for installing MSDE?
>
>Thanks
>jl


J. Merrill / Analytical Software Corp

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