Ok, I looked into the details because this is working for us. We use
IExpress to compress everything into a single executable. You probably
already have IExpress, I believe that it's part of IE. IExpress lets
you specify a setup command (AppLaunched) and a post install command
(PostInstallCmd). We run the MSBuild/GenerateBootstrapper with
AppLaunched and we run our bootstrapper/installer with the
PostInstallCmd.
The things I don't like about IExpress are:
- Command line support is weak
- You can't change the executable's Icon
- You can't change the executable's tooltip description
- You can't change the executable's version
________________________________
From: David Thielen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 1:18 PM
To: John Vottero; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] zip program for bootstrapper & msi
The only problem is it's Microsoft's bootstrapper from
MSBuild/GenerateBootstrapper so I have no control over that.
Thanks - dave
David Thielen
www.windwardreports.com
303-499-2544 x1185
Cubicle Wars - http://www.windwardreports.com/film.htm
________________________________
From: John Vottero [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 8:19 AM
To: David Thielen; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] zip program for bootstrapper & msi
I don't think your bootstrapper should exit until the msi is
done installing.
________________________________
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David
Thielen
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 2:16 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] zip program for bootstrapper & msi
Hi;
Can anyone suggest one to use to unzip the 2 files and
then launch the bootstrapper?
* Winzip won't work because it deletes the
unzipped file as soon as the first exists - so the msi will be deleted
when the bootstrapper completes and spawns it.
* Chilkat doesn't run will in a build script (file
is still locked when it returns, can't set the caption or icon).
??? - thanks - dave
David Thielen
www.windwardreports.com
303-499-2544 x1185
Cubicle Wars - http://www.windwardreports.com/film.htm
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