Appreciate your for pointers Pally. Let me start by looking at dotnetinstaller.
Thank you, Sameer On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 2:52 AM, Pally Sandher <pally.sand...@iesve.com>wrote: > To redistribute 3rd party installation packages you will need to use a > bootstrapper. WiX v3.6 has Burn in development which some people are > already using but the other options I can think of off the top of my > head would be dotnetinstaller (http://dotnetinstaller.codeplex.com/) or > SharpSetup (http://sharpsetup.eu/), writing your own or buying a > commercial package like InstallShield & using theirs. > Personally I use dotnetinstaller as I needed it 2 years ago when Burn > was just a twinkle in Rob M's eye & I didn't have time to implement > SharpSetup. Burn seems quite mature now even though it's still in active > development & I will be giving it a look over the next few months when I > have some time to spare. dotnetinstaller is really simple to configure > so you can have something working in minutes. > > To check for the existence of pre-requisites in your installer you can > use LaunchConditions -> > http://wix.tramontana.co.hu/tutorial/getting-started/useful-extras > You can in theory get your installer to run other people's installers. > This is called Concurrent Installations but is highly dangerous, very > strongly not recommended & very easy to go wrong (also very easy to > break both your installation & the 3rd party one). See > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368010.aspx > > Palbinder Sandher > Software Deployment Engineer > T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 > F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 > > http://www.iesve.com > **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the <Virtual Environment>** > Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. > SC151456 > Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, > Glasgow G20 0SP > Email Disclaimer > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sameer Arora [mailto:arora...@gmail.com] > Sent: 22 June 2011 00:05 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: [WiX-users] Redist an external MSI > > Hi, > > I am totally new to WiX, Setup world and have just converted a Visual > Studio > setup project to WiX using dark. > > Now I need to redist an external MSI as part of our "converted" WiX > setup. > > Any pointers how I should go about this would really help: > > - Are there any WiX redist samples I could learn from ? > > - Is it possible to change the InstallUISequence to insert checks for > redist > presence. If redist is not present, how can I download the publically > available MSI and make it's installation part of installation experience > of > the rest of my app. > > Thanks for any pointers, > Sameer > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------ > EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content > authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image > Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with > vRanger. > Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is > safe, > secure and there when you need it. Data protection magic? > Nope - It's vRanger. Get your free trial download today. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-sfdev2dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with vRanger. Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is safe, secure and there when you need it. Data protection magic? Nope - It's vRanger. Get your free trial download today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
