no, when I said : >> but it require the msi installer to be near the bootstrapper.exe. I meant the installer.msi needed to be in the same directory with the bootstrapper.exe to be installed by the bootstrapper.exe otherwise it wont be installed.
but what I need is more like adding the installer.msi as payload and point the MsiPackage to the payload. like : <Payload Id="INS" SourceFile="installer.msi"/> <MsiPackage SourceFile=INS" Compressed="no"/> but this isn't working... Phill Hogland wrote >>> but it require the msi installer to be near the bootstrapper.exe. > > I'm not sure what you mean. In the MsiPackage I use the following, (with > a bindpath defined in the wixproj): > > Compressed='no' > DownloadUrl=' > <url to the staging location> > {2}' > SourceFile='de-DE\Project.msi' > Name=BundleOutputSubFolderPath\Project_de-DE.msi' > > One way to define the source path is: > > <LinkerAdditionalOptions> > $(LinkerAdditionalOptions) > -b Project= > <source path to project files> > \Project > > </LinkerAdditionalOptions> > I am sure there are other ways to do this, but what this does is take a > Project.msi in its culture specific output folder, rename it and move it > to a folder tree under the Bundle's output folder. (I renamed it because > I also place all of the other culture specific packages and the identical > external cab file in the same folder.) It also sets a DownloadUrl which > uses the new name of the package. I upload the BundleOutput folder tree > to the URL location, and deploy (email or whatever) the Bundle.exe to a > user. When the bundle is launched it downloads the the msi packages from > the web server. I use an mba, but this functionality is supported in the > WixStdBA. The wix source includes the Setup folder, which implements the > Wix Toolset setup, which is a web based setup. I'm not sure if this info > is helpful to your question. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Installing-uncompressed-MsiPackage-tp7598885p7598889.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