Feature Requests item #1511156, was opened at 2006-06-23 10:36
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Category: bootstrapper
Group: None
Status: Open
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Marcel S (mp_s)
Assigned to: Rob Mensching (robmen)
Summary: Microsoft Component Installer SDK as bootstrapper project?

Initial Comment:
Is it a good idea to include the Microsoft Component 
Installer SDK (MSCI) as bootstrapper project in Wix?

Currently MS offers MSCI as a non-supported download.
It has some nice features like:
- multi-language support
- support for web- and cd-based setups
- downloads the components if not given in a 
specified directory

It misses some features which could be added by the 
WIX community if the project would be adopted, like:
- make it extensible: currently is a fixed list of 
components which can be installed.
- make it flexible: currently is supports 
installation of MSSQL EXPRESS edition, but this 
install isn't configurable

What do you think?

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Comment By: The Mad Butcher (mad_burcher)
Date: 2006-06-28 00:59

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I think this is a great idea!

The only problem might be that nobody can get their hands 
at the source? Maybe the dev-guys of WiX know of a way in? 
<wink />

But it does solve a lot of bootstrappingprogramming for me 
if the component installer would be more dynamical and it 
would be even better if it is more closely to WiX.

It might be a great idea to start a sub-project for this.

But you still need someone with the appropriate authority 
to do so I guess...

Albert

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