Most likely you need MsiProvideComponent() with the component id, feature name and product code, and use INSTALLMODE_DEFAULT. I think this is basically the API used when a shortcut is invoked, the Darwin descriptor containing those three pieces of information. That will install it, if required, so call it before the CreateProcess() --------------- Phil Wilson
On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 2:21 PM, Phill Hogland <phogl...@rimage.com> wrote: > I have amsi which installs a single app with an advertised shortcut in the > Start menu. After the MSI is installed, until the user clicks on the > advertised shortcut, the exe is not yet installed yet. I have a c++/Win32 > developer who plans to add code to his app to launch this exe as a child > process of his app. I assume that if he uses win32::CreateProcess with a > path to the application folder which does not exist yet, it will fail. > > 1) Should I have done something different in my MSI package, to prepare for > this situation? > 2) Which MSI API functions should he use to get the app to launch when the > MSI package is installed, but the advertised app has not yet been installed? > > Thanks for any advice. Phill > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/App1-to-launch-an-App2-with-advertised-shortcut-not-installed-yet-tp7598858.html > Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > New Year. New Location. New Benefits. New Data Center in Ashburn, VA. > GigeNET is offering a free month of service with a new server in Ashburn. > Choose from 2 high performing configs, both with 100TB of bandwidth. > Higher redundancy.Lower latency.Increased capacity.Completely compliant. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/gigenet > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Year. New Location. New Benefits. New Data Center in Ashburn, VA. GigeNET is offering a free month of service with a new server in Ashburn. Choose from 2 high performing configs, both with 100TB of bandwidth. Higher redundancy.Lower latency.Increased capacity.Completely compliant. http://p.sf.net/sfu/gigenet _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
