Instancing is a feature of MSI covered in the Windows Installer SDK. WiX v3 does add fairly simple support to build embedded instance transforms for known instances. See the documentation for the InstanceTransforms element. This and child Instance elements allow you to define unique property values as well.
Patching these instances means building patches against each instanced ProductCode. Or you can also produce a patch where the Validation element does not target the ProductCode (by default it does). On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 9:05 AM, Carl Caulkett <carl.caulk...@amxeurope.com>wrote: > Hello, > > > > Does anyone know of a way to create an installation using WiX where the > user can specify a particular instance for the installation and for this > to be controlled at the WiX level rather than delving down into the > murky depths of MSI? > > > > In other words supposing we have an installer which installs application > "A", can the user run the installer and specify that she wants to > install instance "A1" in a particular folder, and then later come along > and run the installer again, this time specifying the installation of > instance "A2" in a different folder, with the result that there are two > separate installations of the "A" application, one instance called "A1", > the other called "A2", and, crucially, separate entries in the > Add/Remove Programs list. > > > > We have a solution at the moment but it is a hybrid approach with a > Delphi written front end which gathers the installation details and then > passes them as parameters to a WiX written MSI and uses MSI Transforms > to achieve the multiple instances! It works quite well, but we would > like a purely WiX solution going forward. > > > > Thanks in advance, > > Carl > > > > Carl Caulkett - Developer, Inspired Signage Group > > AMX <http://www.amx.com/> - 6th Floor, Salisbury House, London Wall, > London, EC2M 5QQ > > Main Office +44 (0) 1904 343 100 > > carl.caulk...@amxeurope.com <mailto:carl.caulk...@amxuk.co.uk> > > P Please consider the environment before deciding to print this email > > > > > AMX > > AMX UK > Auster Road > Clifton Moor > York, North Yorkshire > United Kingdom > YO30 4GD > > +44 (0) 1904 343100 office > +44 (0) 1904 343101 fax > > AMX South > 6th Floor Salisbury House > London Wall > London > United Kingdom > EC2M 5QQ > > +44 (0) 2076 529450 office > +44 (0) 8701 991661 fax > > AMX Belgium > Boerenkrijglaan, 96a > B-2260 > Westerlo > Belgium > > > + 32 (0) 1454 2763 office > + 32 (0) 1454 2766 fax > > ###################################################################### > Attention: > This e-mail message is privileged and confidential. If you are not the > intended recipient please delete the message and notify the sender. > Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author. > > This email was scanned and cleared by NetIQ MailMarshal. > ###################################################################### > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > -- Heath Stewart Deployment Technologies Team, Microsoft http://blogs.msdn.com/heaths ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge This is your chance to win up to $100,000 in prizes! For a limited time, vendors submitting new applications to BlackBerry App World(TM) will have the opportunity to enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge. See full prize details at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/Challenge _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
