Thanks for your reply. > In general, that's the best user experience. It's possible to use > MsiPackage/@DisplayInternalUI but it has limitations and ends up with > two UIs (the bundle and the .msi).
Now everything makes sense and by relying on setupbld.exe thus far I just managed to ignore one important aspect of Windows setup, i.e. the Bootstrapper with Burn. Since I posted the question, I have tried to catch up with Bootstrapper project, and as you indicate in your reply I used the MsiPackage/@DisplayInternalUI but not happy with the two UIs that show up (bundle and msi) which could be confusing to the end users. Now I know this is the limitation of the MsiPackage/@DisplayInternalUI route. If I understand it fully, it means [ideally] the goal is: - to check system settings in Bootstrapper and decide whether to progress with the setup; - collect relevant system settings by a Bootstrapper for use by MSI (which may be passed on as MSI variables?), and - do system configuration silently with MSI. Is the above assumption correct? If so, can every setup be mapped as such? I am trying to think in terms of a web application project setup that involves IIS and database configuration and I wonder if a solution can be as clear-cut as the above assumption. I have to move my MSI UIs into a Bootstrapper and see how far I can get. Thanks again. > Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 00:52:53 -0400 > From: b...@joyofsetup.com > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to do in wix v3.8 what setupbld.exe did > > On 07-Mar-14 05:45, Dan Watson wrote: > > 1) I understand the power of Bootstrapper project in bundling multiple MSI > > setups (the Office installation being a good example) but is there an > > equivalent of Burn command that would package my MSI setup as setupbld.exe > > did with a command switches? > No. Bundles are built like everything else in WiX, by compiling and linking. > > > 2) If I use a Bootstrapper project, does it mean that I need to move my > > existing UI in the MSI installer to the Bootstrapper? > In general, that's the best user experience. It's possible to use > MsiPackage/@DisplayInternalUI but it has limitations and ends up with > two UIs (the bundle and the .msi). > > -- > sig://boB > http://joyofsetup.com/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book > "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their > applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, > this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/13534_NeoTech > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/13534_NeoTech _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
