Hi Graham,
I am a newbie here, but I don't
think the bootstrapper items go in the wixproj. I am doing something similar
to you, but packaging the smo prereqs using the same bootstrapper as a separate
process.
I build my application with
wix, then use the bootstrapper utility to run the prereq msis (checks if
already existing) and then install my app.
In order to install the prereqs
though, I had to create a package for each one and put the package in the
packages folder at:
Program Files\Microsoft Visual
Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\Bootstrapper\Packages\
Then I just create my
bootstrapper using msbuild, not wix. Here is my first sample build file for my
bootstrapper:
<Project
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003";>
<ItemGroup>
<BootstrapperFile Include="Microsoft.Net.Framework.2.0">
<ProductName>Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0</ProductName>
</BootstrapperFile>
<BootstrapperFile Include="Microsoft.MSXML.6.0">
<ProductName>MS XML 6</ProductName>
</BootstrapperFile>
<BootstrapperFile Include="Microsoft.Sql.NativeClient">
<ProductName>Sql Native Client</ProductName>
</BootstrapperFile>
<BootstrapperFile Include="Microsoft.SqlServer.2005.XMO">
<ProductName>SMO Tools</ProductName>
</BootstrapperFile>
</ItemGroup>
<Target
Name="BuildBootstrapper">
<GenerateBootstrapper
ComponentsLocation="Relative"
ApplicationFile="my.msi"
ApplicationName="my app name"
BootstrapperItems="@(BootstrapperFile)"
OutputPath=".\output"
/>
</Target>
</Project>
There are sample packages in the folder already, but let me know if you want to
see one of mine.
Hope this helps,
josh
Josh Maletz
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From: Graham Vickrage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 11:01 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Launching MSI from MSI
Thanks for the advice to use a bootstrapper to achieve the below. Having
decided to do this I am now trying to add the correct commands to the
wixproj file. Below I am trying to install postgresql-8.2-int.msi before
my own msi. However it doesn't know where to find the
postgresql-8.2-int.msi file despite me putting it in every place I can
think of including C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
8\SDK\v2.0\BootStrapper.
It seems this has to be created as a package in its own right, which
after following MS instructions does not work because I am working off a
wix project file rather than a standard VS2005 one. I feel as if I'm
missing the point here as it seems extremely complex to achieve a simple
process of installing one msi after another.
Does anyone have any tips or examples that are doing something similar,
as the ones I have seen are only working with standard prerequisites and
not necessarily with a wix project.
postgresql-8.2-int.msi
Call Manger 4.0
Outputs="$(OutDir)\Setup.exe" Condition=" '$(OutputType)'=='package' ">
ApplicationName="Call Manager 4.0"
BootstrapperItems="@(BootstrapperFile)" ComponentsLocation="Relative"
Culture="en-US" OutputPath="$(OutputPath)" />
Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\Microsoft\WiX\v3.0\Wix.targets" />
$(BuildDependsOn);BuildBootstrapper
Graham Vickrage wrote:
> I am a newbie and am strugglilng with the following problem.
>
> I need to install a 3rd party DB (postgresql) as part of my installation
> proceedure. I have figured out how to do this silently using a .bat file
> to launch the DB msi from my msi using
>
> C:\temp\WixUI\InstallPG.bat
> > ExeCommand='"[SourceDir]"' Return="ignore">
>
> . However once the DB starts to install it comes up with the error message.
>
> "Another installation is in progress. You must complete that..."
>
> Is there any way around this, can someone suggest another way of doing
> it that avoids this problem.
>
> Many thanks in advance.
>
> Graham
>
>
>
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