Yes, I should have mentioned that I have used WiX v2 and its tools, and of course Orca. I found that using Orca was quite awkward.
Apart from its cute name, les msi erables (latest version) if very easy to use - latest version is nice (and actually it uses WiX DLLs). _____ Ian Thomas Victoria Park, Western Australia _____ From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Joseph Clark Sent: Friday, October 14, 2011 6:55 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Opening .MSI databases Orca <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/255905> is the "official" tool, but I haven't used it in ages and I found it a bit painful. On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 7:36 PM, Ian Thomas <il.tho...@iinet.net.au> wrote: Bing! New version <http://blog.scott.willeke.com/2010/12/lessmsi-v108-is-now-available.html> , 2010. But I'd like to know of other tools available. _____ Ian Thomas Victoria Park, Western Australia _____ From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Ian Thomas Sent: Friday, October 14, 2011 4:33 PM To: ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com Subject: Opening .MSI databases I need to open an .MSI data package (installable file) to extract just the .CHM (Help) file. Does anyone know a simple utility? In the past, I used "Les Mis" - actually, lessmsierables written by Scott Willeke, but the last version he produced was 2005-11-10 and although it has C# source code, I suspect the package structure might have changed and I know (from trying it just now) it is not UAC-aware. I'd rather not change his code in an attempt to improve it, if there is something else. (I don't want to install WiX, either). _____ Ian Thomas Victoria Park, Western Australia
