What I've done is to put the binary in the .resources for the .exe and then extract it and write it out to TEMP and run it from there. If you're doing this as a per-machine install, extract to ProgramFiles.
Wendell On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 1:52 PM, David Bartmess <david.bartm...@wallst.com> wrote: > I need a starting point on how to create a wrapper for two or more MSI's. The > goal is to have the installation program check for the existence of certain > prerequisites and install them if they don't exist. Unfortunately, such as in > the MS Office PIA modules, these only come in MSI form, and since I can't > call one MSI from within another, I need the wrapper program to do the checks > and installations. > > I know C# and CPP programming, so if someone had an example wrapper they > could pass along, that would be great. The big issues I see are 1) including > the prerequisite binaries in the output exe (we have a requirement to have a > "one file install"), and 2) checking the registry for the existence of the > installations. > > #2 I can handle but I have no clue from my prior programming how to include a > binary in an executable and extract it for execution.. > > Thanks for any help! > > David Bartmess > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > OpenSolaris 2009.06 is a cutting edge operating system for enterprises > looking to deploy the next generation of Solaris that includes the latest > innovations from Sun and the OpenSource community. Download a copy and > enjoy capabilities such as Networking, Storage and Virtualization. > Go to: http://p.sf.net/sfu/opensolaris-get > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > -- "Some people come visit Europe and are really let down when they find out it's not like a credit-card commercial; others really get into meeting all the quirky people and careening along narrow mountain roads in rickety cabs driven by suicidal, gap-toothed Carpathians. I guess it's pretty obvious which one you are..." - Justin Crevier, May '01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OpenSolaris 2009.06 is a cutting edge operating system for enterprises looking to deploy the next generation of Solaris that includes the latest innovations from Sun and the OpenSource community. Download a copy and enjoy capabilities such as Networking, Storage and Virtualization. Go to: http://p.sf.net/sfu/opensolaris-get _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
