Re: [WiX-users] Very Simple Installer

2009-02-03 Thread Bob Arnson
Martin Sustrik wrote: > This won't work on Windows, so we would like to take the directory, zip > it and deploy it that way. > Then you don't want to use Windows Installer or WiX. Use Inno Setup instead; it supports what you're looking for without the risks of trying to twist MSI to make it

Re: [WiX-users] Very Simple Installer

2009-02-03 Thread Martin Sustrik
Thx. Will try. Martin patrik.torn...@addiva.se wrote: > 1 create a self extract zip > 2 embeed zip file in wix > 3 move zip file to directory > 4 run custom action to start file like start a exe > > on reinstall remove all files from directory then 1-4 > > Citerar Martin Sustrik : > >> Castro,

Re: [WiX-users] Very Simple Installer

2009-02-03 Thread patrik . tornros
1 create a self extract zip 2 embeed zip file in wix 3 move zip file to directory 4 run custom action to start file like start a exe on reinstall remove all files from directory then 1-4 Citerar Martin Sustrik : > Castro, Edwin (Hillsboro) wrote: >> Do you need to handle upgrades? If so, how are

Re: [WiX-users] Very Simple Installer

2009-02-03 Thread Martin Sustrik
ilt-in support for wildcard >> inclusion of files. >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Martin Sustrik [mailto:sust...@fastmq.com] >> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 11:47 AM >> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. >> Subject:

Re: [WiX-users] Very Simple Installer

2009-02-03 Thread Martin Sustrik
Castro, Edwin (Hillsboro) wrote: > Do you need to handle upgrades? If so, how are you going to handle file > renames, deletions, etc? Install into single directory. With new version delete the directory and install in anew. No registry keys. No icons. No menu items. No fancy stuff :) Martin -

Re: [WiX-users] Very Simple Installer

2009-02-03 Thread Castro, Edwin (Hillsboro)
ailto:sust...@fastmq.com] > Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 12:16 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Very Simple Installer > > What about: > > 1. make zip by hand > 2. add the zip file as a single file into a wix projec

Re: [WiX-users] Very Simple Installer

2009-02-03 Thread Neil Sleightholm
ruary 2009 20:03 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Very Simple Installer :( Any other tool that would be basically simple zip/unzip + add a nice windowsey GUI to the install? Martin Chad Petersen wrote: > V2 is the same as v3 in this regard. No

Re: [WiX-users] Very Simple Installer

2009-02-03 Thread Martin Sustrik
o this. It's on out CodePlex now in our root project, but >> that reminds me that I've been meaning to contribute it to the MSBuild >> community tasks project... >> >> >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Martin Sustrik [mailto:sust...@fastmq

Re: [WiX-users] Very Simple Installer

2009-02-03 Thread Curtis Jewell
..@fastmq.com] > Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 11:25 > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] Very Simple Installer > > Hi, > > I have a directory tree I want to install at a user-specified location. > It's as simple as that... however, I don'

Re: [WiX-users] Very Simple Installer

2009-02-03 Thread Martin Sustrik
ik [mailto:sust...@fastmq.com] > Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 11:47 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Very Simple Installer > > Thanks David, > > What about using v2? Can you point me to the place to look for the &g

Re: [WiX-users] Very Simple Installer

2009-02-03 Thread Chad Petersen
to the MSBuild community tasks project... > > > > -Original Message- > From: Martin Sustrik [mailto:sust...@fastmq.com] > Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 11:25 > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] Very Simple Installer > > Hi, > > I have

Re: [WiX-users] Very Simple Installer

2009-02-03 Thread Martin Sustrik
ribute it to the MSBuild community > tasks project... > > > > -Original Message- > From: Martin Sustrik [mailto:sust...@fastmq.com] > Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 11:25 > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] Very Simple Installer > > Hi, &g

Re: [WiX-users] Very Simple Installer

2009-02-03 Thread David Reed
y 03, 2009 11:25 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Very Simple Installer Hi, I have a directory tree I want to install at a user-specified location. It's as simple as that... however, I don't want to manage large xml definition file with an entry for each file to be packaged. Is

[WiX-users] Very Simple Installer

2009-02-03 Thread Martin Sustrik
Hi, I have a directory tree I want to install at a user-specified location. It's as simple as that... however, I don't want to manage large xml definition file with an entry for each file to be packaged. Is there a way to do that with WiX? Thanks. Martin --