I've seen many installers by others where their bootstrapper installs "installation tools" before the real installer begins to execute so I think this kind of approach certainly has a lot of precedence already.
I have not personally used burn so I'm not much help myself. If I was going to start I would look here, http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/authoring_bundle_intro.htm, first. The consensus on the mailing list is that the documentation for burn is still lacking quite a bit so you might need to ask others here for help as you explore using burn. Edwin G. Castro Software Developer - Staff Digital Channels Fiserv Office: 503-746-0643 Fax: 503-617-0291 www.fiserv.com Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Muller [mailto:dmuller...@comcast.net] > Sent: Friday, June 15, 2012 1:08 PM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Sets of files installed at different times. > > Thank you for your in depth response. Since reading your post we have > looked in to burn, and have a few questions that we hope someone could > answer. > > An idea that is being thrown around is that of a first MSI that would lay down > the necessary files in the form of perl scripts, and a second that would > install > the actual program. > > It doesn't seem that burn.exe is currently in my Program Files folder, so > where would I be able to get it, and where could I find any sort of docs on > it? > > -- > View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix- > toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Sets-of-files-installed-at-different-times- > tp7578867p7578879.html > Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
