I have found that I sometimes have some luck installing non-Windows
Installer based installs without using a bootstrapper. I've had luck
with InstallShield packages because (I think) it uses it's own engine.
(I was just doing this with CuteFTP yesterday, in fact.) I'm not sure
what packager Adobe Reader uses, but it might be worth just trying it.
---
You'll need to use a custom action and then trigger it. As an example:
1. Add your second installer as a binary reference:
<Binary Id="CuteFTP_EXE" SourceFile="Assets\cuteftppro8.exe" />
2. Set up a custom action for it:
<CustomAction Id="Launch_CuteFTP_Installer" BinaryKey="CuteFTP_EXE"
ExeCommand="" Return="asyncWait" />
3. Set the custom action to run at some point. I have mine hooked up to
a button on a dialog:
<Control Type="PushButton" Width="70" Height="17" X="90" Y="117"
Id="InstallCuteFTP" Text="Install CuteFTP">
<Publish Event="DoAction" Value="Launch_CuteFTP_Installer" />
</Control>
You might also sequence it after InstallFinalize. It's up to you.
'The Tutorial' has much information on launching external apps.
-Matt
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Arnson
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 9:03 PM
To: hina1703
Cc: wix-devs@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-devs] How to launch a third party executable
duringinstall?
hina1703 wrote:
> Can you please give an example? I am trying to install adobe reader
during an
> install:
>
You won't be able to install Adobe Reader because you can't install two
products simultaneously. You need to use a chainer, or, better yet, give
the user a choice of PDF reader.
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