[WiX-users] Burn without UI

2012-01-31 Thread Alexander Lamaison
Is it possible to have a bootstrapper made with burn that doesn't show any UI? All I want my bootstrapper to do is decide what platform it's running on (x86 or x64), extract the appropriate MSI installer from within itself and run it.  At the moment, the Burn UI takes over.  Is there a no-UI

Re: [WiX-users] Burn without UI

2012-01-31 Thread jhennessey
Looks like you need to write your own BA: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Burn-bootstrap-a-single-MSI-not-showing-BA-UI-at-all-td6926187.html

Re: [WiX-users] Burn without UI

2012-01-31 Thread Alexander Lamaison
On 31 January 2012 15:07, jhennessey jack.hennes...@hyland.com wrote: Looks like you need to write your own BA: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Burn-bootstrap-a-single-MSI-not-showing-BA-UI-at-all-td6926187.html Is this hard to do? Can it be done in C++ or must I

Re: [WiX-users] Burn without UI

2012-01-31 Thread Bob Arnson
On 31-Jan-12 09:12, Alexander Lamaison wrote: Is it possible to have a bootstrapper made with burn that doesn't show any UI? The WixStdBA supports the /silent switch for no-UI installations. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] Burn without UI

2012-01-31 Thread jhennessey
You can do it in native or managed code. Take a look at the burn solution file in the source (src\burn\burn.sln). You can see both the wixstdba (native) and WixBA (managed) projects for examples. I haven't come across any tutorials or anything like that though. -- View this message in context:

Re: [WiX-users] Burn without UI

2012-01-31 Thread Bruce Cran
On 31/01/2012 15:37, Alexander Lamaison wrote: Is this hard to do? Can it be done in C++ or must I use .net? Can you point me to something to get me started (I've searched online and in the source but can't find anything)? Fortunately you can use C++. I certainly don't like the idea of

Re: [WiX-users] Burn without UI

2012-01-31 Thread Dieter Lunn
Even with a managed bootstrapper you don't need .NET installed initially if I remember correctly. Dieter Lunn http://ubiety.ca On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Bruce Cran br...@cran.org.uk wrote: On 31/01/2012 15:37, Alexander Lamaison wrote: Is this hard to do?  Can it be done in C++ or

Re: [WiX-users] Burn without UI

2012-01-31 Thread Bruce Cran
On 31/01/2012 19:14, Dieter Lunn wrote: Even with a managed bootstrapper you don't need .NET installed initially if I remember correctly. That's right - Burn will bootstrap .NET first. But I just don't like the idea of requiring extra software to be installed just for the installer. -- Bruce

Re: [WiX-users] Burn without UI

2012-01-31 Thread Bruce Cran
On 31/01/2012 20:02, Bruce Cran wrote: On 31/01/2012 19:14, Dieter Lunn wrote: Even with a managed bootstrapper you don't need .NET installed initially if I remember correctly. That's right - Burn will bootstrap .NET first. But I just don't like the idea of requiring extra software to be