Oh wow, I can't believe it's <strike>not butter</strike> working!
Yeah, as you've said, apparently one doesn't use burn.exe to use Burn...go figure. :-P In any case, I've got it working. For anyone who stumbles upon this thread with similar confusion, here's the process I use now to bundle the JRE with my MSI (N.B. if you don't do code signing, then omit the calls to signtool.exe and insignia): candle.exe -ext WixUIExtension -ext WixUtilExtension MyMSIProductPackage.wxs light.exe -ext WixUIExtension -ext WixUtilExtension MyMSIProductPackage.wixobj "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0\Bin\signtool.exe" sign MyMSIProductPackage.msi candle.exe -ext WixUtilExtension -ext WixBalExtension MyBundle.wxs JRE7PackageFragment.wxs light.exe -ext WixUtilExtension -ext WixBalExtension MyBundle.wixobj JRE7PackageFragment.wixobj -o MyBundle.exe insignia -ib MyBundle.exe -o engine.exe "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0\Bin\signtool.exe" sign engine.exe insignia -ab engine.exe MyBundle.exe -o MyBundle.exe erase engine.exe "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0\Bin\signtool.exe" sign MyBundle.exe This seems to work like a charm. Now I just need to fine-tune (e.g. fix the UI, prevent the restore point, and try to pass a variable value to candle), but if I have problems, I'll start new threads. Thanks so much for the help everyone! Alain -----Original Message----- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: May 30, 2013 21:22 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to use Burn More simply: it's just a .wxs file. You compile and link the .wxs file like you do any other .wxs files. The burn.exe is in a "strange" place because it's just an implementation detail. Building your Bundle is just like building your MSI or your MSP or your MSM... On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 4:00 PM, Hoover, Jacob <jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com>wrote: > You use candle and light to compile the burn bundle as well. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 30, 2013, at 5:26 PM, "Alain Forget" <afor...@cmu.edu> wrote: > > > Unfortunately, I'm not using Visual Studio, so I don't think that's > > an > option. > > > > So what I'm currently trying to do is use candle/light to make > MyMSIProductPackage.msi (which works great on its own), and then use > burn.exe to package it up with the Java Runtime Environment 7 exe > installer, to make sure Java is on the target machine before > MyMSIProductPackage.msi is unloaded. > > > > Am I doing things incorrectly? > > > > Alain > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Hoover, Jacob [mailto:jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com] > > Sent: May 30, 2013 18:21 > > To: afor...@cmu.edu; General discussion for Windows Installer XML > toolset. > > Subject: RE: [WiX-users] How to use Burn > > > > If you have Visual Studio, the Votive/integration that Wix provides > hides most of this for you and it just works. You don't use burn to > build the bundle, use candle/light to build it. > > > > From a rough point of view, the burn exe is the starting point for > > your > bundle and some "magic" happens to cab up your BA and any embedded > payloads and then it's stuck into the exe at the end of the file. The > exe knows to read this extra info, extract it, and execute the BA. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Alain Forget [mailto:afor...@cmu.edu] > > Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 5:10 PM > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: [WiX-users] How to use Burn > > > > It's time for me to step on the Burn noob school bus. :-) > > > > So I have the following file named MyBundle.wxs: > > > > <?xml version='1.0' encoding='windows-1252'?> <Wix xmlns=' > http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi' xmlns:util=" > http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension";> > > > > <Bundle UpgradeCode="MY-GUID" Version="1.0.0"> > > <BootstrapperApplicationRef > Id="WixStandardBootstrapperApplication.RtfLicense" /> > > <WixVariable Id="WixStdbaLicenseRtf" Value="License.rtf" /> > > <Chain> > > <PackageGroupRef Id="pkgJRE7"> > > <MsiPackage > > Id="pkgMyMSI" > > DisplayName="My MSI" > > Cache="no" > > Compressed="yes" > > Permanent="yes" > > SourceFile="MyMSIProductPackage.msi" > > Visible="yes" > > Vital="yes" > > ></MsiPackage> > > </Chain> > > </Bundle> > > </Wix> > > > > The file containing the Package "pkgJRE7" and > > MyMSIProductPackage.msi > are in the same folder as MyBundle.wxs. When I run "burn.exe > MyBundle.wxs", nothing happens. No error, no new files, nothing. I > followed the examples here > (http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/authoring_bundle_intro.htm) > as closely as I could, but clearly I'm doin' it wrong. > > > > For example, how does burn know where to find pkgJRE7? The second > example here ( > http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/bundle_author_chain.htm) > doesn't have a reference to a file where MyPackage is located, > so...I'm guessing it somehow magically finds it? > > > > > > > > Another thing I find confusing is the burn.exe is located in a > > separate > (sub)folder "x86" from all the other WiX tools. I'm not sure if that's > normal or not (i.e. it makes me wonder if it's the right program), but > it seems strange to me. > > > > Anyway, any help at all would be appreciated, and thanks to everyone > > who > provided advice to get this far. > > > > Alain > > > > *************************************** > > Alain Forget, Ph.D. > > Postdoctoral Researcher > > CyLab, Carnegie Mellon University > > afor...@cmu.edu > > http://cups.cs.cmu.edu/~aforget/ > > *************************************** > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- > > Introducing AppDynamics Lite, a free troubleshooting tool for > > Java/.NET > Get 100% visibility into your production application - at no cost. > > Code-level diagnostics for performance bottlenecks with <2% overhead > Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_ap1 > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- Introducing AppDynamics Lite, a free troubleshooting tool for > Java/.NET Get 100% visibility into your production application - at no > cost. > Code-level diagnostics for performance bottlenecks with <2% overhead > Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_ap1 > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with <2% overhead. 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