More specifically, the feature you are looking for is usually found in a bootstrapper/chainer. The WiX toolset is lacking that. There are many others out there that you can use (the archive of wix-users has much discussion about them). We are adding a bootstrapper/chainer in WiX v3.5 (also discussed in the archive <smile/>).
Arun Perregatturv wrote: > Sorry you are out of luck. I wanted to have the same but IMHO Wix does not > support such a feature. If they do I will be happy try it. > > Arun Perregattur > > -----Original Message----- > From: Black, Ty [mailto:ty.bl...@fluke.com] > Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 9:16 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: [WiX-users] make a large setup.exe to bind them > > Hi All, > > Is there a way to roll all the msi files that are generated from > localization into a single file, I.E. Setup.exe? In addition to those > msi files I would also like to roll up all the visual C++ > redistributable and .net 3.5 to have 1 file that the user can download > that contains everything they need. > > > > In this case is a setup.exe really just a selfextracting.zip file with a > small program that runs the actual setup.exe inside the zip file? > > > > I have done this, rolling up of files, using Install Shield, but I would > like to use Wix this time. > > > > Ty Black > > > > > > Please be advised that this email may contain confidential information. > If you are not the intended recipient, please do not read, copy or > re-transmit this email. If you have received this email in error, > please notify us by email by replying to the sender and by telephone > (call us collect at +1 202-828-0850) and delete this message and any > attachments. Thank you in advance for your cooperation and assistance. > > In addition, Danaher and its subsidiaries disclaim that the content of > this email constitutes an offer to enter into, or the acceptance of, > any > contract or agreement or any amendment thereto; provided that the > foregoing disclaimer does not invalidate the binding effect of any > digital or other electronic reproduction of a manual signature that is > included in any attachment to this email. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA > -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise > -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation > -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD > http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA > -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise > -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation > -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD > http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
