I have just installed Wix 3.6 because I need a bootstrapper-very timely RC, if I can actually get it working!
What I'm trying to do is install an msi first, then call an exe that the msi installed. The exe performs additional configuration. I was able to get this working in a way, but only by shipping two copies of the exe-one in the msi, and another that gets compressed separately in the bootstrapper. The msi installs one copy, but the ExePackage's InstallCommand is actually being run on the second copy, which is in some temporary directory (C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\blahblahblah\lmadmin.exe). While I think I can get that to work, it would be more convenient and would end up as a smaller download if I could call the exe that has already been installed. Is there some way to do that? Here's some sample code. Note the "SourceFile" in the ExePackage, which I think is where I'd have to work some magic. I can specify a relative path to an exe, but it's a relative path on my build machine, not a path on the destination machine. <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> <Bundle Name="My Product Name" Version="1.2.3" UpgradeCode="$(var.UpgradeGuid)"> <BootstrapperApplicationRef Id="WixStandardBootstrapperApplication.RtfLicense" /> <Chain> <!-- This msi installs a bunch of files, including one called 'lmadmin.exe' --> <MsiPackage Compressed="yes" SourceFile="msipackage.msi" /> <!-- Now I want to call lmadmin.exe with some parameters (elevated) --> <ExePackage Id="lmadmin_install_service" Compressed="yes" PerMachine="yes" SourceFile="how do I specify this path to lmadmin.exe?" InstallCommand="-installService" RepairCommand="-installService" UninstallCommand="-removeService " /> </Chain> </Bundle> </Wix> Some more background to my problem: you'd think I could do this in an msi using a custom action, but I have tried that and it isn't working. This "lmadmin.exe" is a third-party file, it must be run as admin, but for some reason I don't fully understand it cannot be run as LocalSystem. When I schedule it as a custom action with Impersonate="no" it runs as LocalSystem and thus fails; with impersonate="yes" it runs as the user but not elevated. I'm trying to use a bootstrapper in the hopes it will run as the user but elevated. Nate Hekman | Senior Software Developer GEO-SLOPE International Ltd. | www.geo-slope.com<http://www.geo-slope.com/> 1400, 633 - 6th Ave SW, Calgary, AB, Canada T2P 2Y5<http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=%231400,+633+6th+Ave+SW,+Calgary&hl=en&ll=51.047681,-114.075487&spn=0.009706,0.008787&sll=51.051161,-114.073491&sspn=0.009705,0.008787&vpsrc=0&hnear=633+6+Ave+SW,+Calgary,+Division+No.+6,+Alberta&t=h&z=17> Main: +1 403 269 2002 | Fax: +1 403 266 4851 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
