[WiX-users] InstallUtil.exe alternatives

2011-05-10 Thread Srivatson Tirumalai
Hi, Is there a good alternative for installutil.exe in general available in Wix? We have a number of places in our installers where we have to invoke installutil.exe via a custom action for running the installer components in the assembly. One of the main problems in invoking InstallUtil.exe

Re: [WiX-users] InstallUtil.exe alternatives

2011-05-10 Thread Skildum, Mathew
a registry file or use the WIX tools. Mat Skildum -Original Message- From: Srivatson Tirumalai [mailto:srivatson.tiruma...@citrix.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 2:00 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] InstallUtil.exe alternatives Hi, Is there a good alternative

Re: [WiX-users] InstallUtil.exe alternatives

2011-05-10 Thread Christopher Painter
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Re: [WiX-users] InstallUtil.exe alternatives

2011-05-10 Thread Christopher Painter
, 2011 2:00 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] InstallUtil.exe alternatives Hi, Is there a good alternative for installutil.exe in general available in Wix? We have a number of places in our installers where we have to invoke installutil.exe via a custom action for running

Re: [WiX-users] InstallUtil.exe alternatives

2011-05-10 Thread vatson
Hi, Thanks for your response. The DTF option looks pretty interesting, based on your blog post. If my understanding is correct, can i simply replace the RunInstaller attribute that I currently have in my assemblies with the CustomAction attribute, and then use DTF to convert it into CA's the MSI

Re: [WiX-users] InstallUtil.exe alternatives

2011-05-10 Thread Christopher Painter
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Re: [WiX-users] InstallUtil.exe alternatives

2011-05-10 Thread Umeshj
A general solution to avoiding 'ugly DOS windows' is to use CAQuietExec from WixUtilExtension. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/InstallUtil-exe-alternatives-tp6349071p6350583.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at