To install SQL Express you have to use a bootstrapper, i.e. an external application that first checks if SQL Express is installed already, then starts the SQLEx installation and then starts your main MSI/wxs installation. This is required because SQL Express cannot be part of "your" Setup, it cannot be merged into your setup. (Well, it "shouldn't")
If you need something like the usual "feature" tree view in your setup, it gets even harder. You have to rebuild the setup wizard interface for the user that implements a custom feature selector and then installs SQL Express as described above and sends the states of the other selected features to the main installer. Best regards, Sebastian Brand sebast...@instyler.com Instyler Software - Software development, deployment and productivity Geisenfelder Str. 53a - 85053 Ingolstadt, Germany - EU VAT ID: DE219712370 Phone: +49 841-4544567 - Fax & voicemail: +49 321-21220152 www.instyler.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Bimali Ponnamperuma [mailto:bimal...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 04:50 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Installing SQL express as a feature > > I could not get u . > > can u explain a bit please.. > > Im not sure with the "bootstrapper" idea > > Thanks > > On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 9:11 AM, Blair <os...@live.com> wrote: > > > Use a bootstrapper. If you really want it to appear as a feature, use > > external ui. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Bimali Ponnamperuma [mailto:bimal...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 7:33 PM > > To: WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: [WiX-users] Installing SQL express as a feature > > > > Hi , > > > > I need to install SQL Express with my installation I need to run the > > exe and this need to be added to the feature list in the product.wxs > > file. > > > > any suggestions on how should i invoke the exe as a component in the > > product.wxs? > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------ > > -- > > The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation > > Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the > > business Choose flexible plans and management services without > > long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros > > just a phone call away. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------- The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, > > colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best > > network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services > > without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience > > hosting pros just a phone call away. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay > online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business > Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts > Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
