You can host your ui in the bootstrapper ask all the questions, then install sqlexpress if needed then run your msi with relevant properties to install the services/populate the database.
Dave -----Original Message----- From: Tunney, Stephen [mailto:stephen.tun...@nuance.com] Sent: 09 September 2013 15:55 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper step conditional execution I'm all ears if you know of anything off the top of your head. The requirement from up on high is to ask questions to determine if the user wants/needs SQLExpress installed locally and afterwards install our database via canned scripts and start our services. -----Original Message----- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Monday, September 09, 2013 10:34 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper step conditional execution You'd probably need a custom BA to do all that. There are probably easier ways to accomplish what you are trying to do as well. On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 7:26 AM, Tunney, Stephen <stephen.tun...@nuance.com>wrote: > Hello oh great and powerful Rob :) It is a pleasure to get an email > from you. > > I've been working with a bootstrapper project but I'm curious as to > how I can have the chained EXE project inspect the registry AFTER the > initial call to my product MSI has completed. > > I think that my bootstrapper will work like this: > > 1) Call product MSI with a property that asks all of the questions and > copies all files/registry items to disk > 2) Conditionally call SQLExpress based on a stored property or > registry entry > 3) Call repair on my original MSI to have the services started and the > db scripts executed > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] > Sent: Friday, September 06, 2013 12:00 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper step conditional execution > > Burn can handle that very easily. > > > On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 5:41 AM, Tunney, Stephen > <stephen.tun...@nuance.com>wrote: > > > Hello everyone, > > > > I think it has been quite a few years since I've posted a question > > to this forum. I have moved to a new company and I am getting them > > out of InstallShield hell :) > > > > My boss has come to me with a unique requirement for our installer. > > We would like to wrap a "demo" mode into our core installer. This > > demo mode will be chosen from the main UI and with it an instance of > > SQLEXPRESS will be installed AFTER UI interactions have completed if > > it does not already exist. > > > > So basically I want the execution of an exe package to be driven by > > the value of a property or registry value modified by the msi > > package executed successfully before it. > > > > Does anyone have any thoughts of how to do this? Basically it is a > > conditional prerequisite :) > > > > Cheers, > > Stephen > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > > -------- Learn the latest--Visual Studio 2012, SharePoint 2013, SQL > > 2012, more! > > Discover the easy way to master current and previous Microsoft > > technologies and advance your career. Get an incredible 1,500+ hours > > of step-by-step tutorial videos with LearnDevNow. 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