Re: [WiX-users] Chaining MSIs together

2011-05-16 Thread Kevin MacDonald
Many of our customers are school districts whom I suspect are somewhat behind the times. All I know is that they have specifically requested a single MSI. In my situation I need to invoke two third party executables which I assume are bootstrappers. They definitely launch MSIs internally, which

Re: [WiX-users] Chaining MSIs together

2011-05-13 Thread Kevin MacDonald
couldn't be more helpful. Edwin G. Castro Software Developer - Staff Digital Channels Fiserv Office: 503-746-0643 Fax: 503-617-0291 www.fiserv.com Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail -Original Message- From: Kevin MacDonald [mailto:kevinmacdon

[WiX-users] Chaining MSIs together

2011-05-12 Thread Kevin MacDonald
Hello, I have an existing installer that I wrote in NSIS that does several things. It installs the Adobe AIR runtime by invoking an executable provided by Adobe. It then installs our AIR application, again using installation utilities provided by Adobe. And finally, it installs media which our

[WiX-users] Problem with quotes in CustomAction

2011-05-12 Thread Kevin MacDonald
I seem to have hit a bug with quotes in CustomAction. Note the variations below. CustomAction Id='MyCustomAction' FileKey='someExe' ExeCommand='[MYDIR1] [MYDIR2]' Return='asyncNoWait' / CustomAction Id='MyCustomAction' FileKey='someExe' ExeCommand='quot;[MYDIR1]quot; quot;[MYDIR2]quot;'

Re: [WiX-users] Chaining MSIs together

2011-05-12 Thread Kevin MacDonald
this to install the prerequisite Adobe AIR, if necessary, and then your product. -- John M. Cooper -Original Message- From: Kevin MacDonald [mailto:kevinmacdon...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2011 4:25 PM To: wix-users Subject: [WiX-users] Chaining MSIs together Hello, I