$149 and $199? Wow, I wonder what we could charge for the WiX toolset.
<smile/>
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob MacFadyen
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 12:09
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] zip program for bootstrapper & msi
The ChilKat ZipToSecureExe is a _demo_ of their commercial ZIP component.
The commercial zip component allows for lots of things that are not part of the
free demo. Here's a link to the docs:
http://www.chilkatsoft.com/refdoc/xChilkatZip2Ref.html
Of specific interest: Changing icon, changing unzip directory.
On whole I found it a worthwhile purchase, and inexpensive at $149/developer.
For version # updating you can do this yourself... but you'll need to
investigate opening and writing resource sections in an EXE. I _know_ it can be
done with system calls from C/C++... I just can't recall the reference
(somewhere in msdn... maybe near/around PE File Format?). A quick google on
"write version resource in exe" also turned up this tool which seems to be
exactly what you need:
http://www.heaventools.com/command-line_resource_editor.htm
The $199 price seems a bit high... but if you don't want to spend a couple of
days mucking around with C/C++ then it's a steal.
Regards,
Rob
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Thielen
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 2:04 PM
To: John Vottero; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] zip program for bootstrapper & msi
Same issues we have with Chilkat - caption, icon, & version (I forgot about
that). So looks like we both are at the same point.
Thanks - dave
David Thielen
www.windwardreports.com<http://www.windwardreports.com>
303-499-2544 x1185
Cubicle Wars - http://www.windwardreports.com/film.htm
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From: John Vottero [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 11:49 AM
To: David Thielen; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] zip program for bootstrapper & msi
Ok, I looked into the details because this is working for us. We use IExpress
to compress everything into a single executable. You probably already have
IExpress, I believe that it's part of IE. IExpress lets you specify a setup
command (AppLaunched) and a post install command (PostInstallCmd). We run the
MSBuild/GenerateBootstrapper with AppLaunched and we run our
bootstrapper/installer with the PostInstallCmd.
The things I don't like about IExpress are:
- Command line support is weak
- You can't change the executable's Icon
- You can't change the executable's tooltip description
- You can't change the executable's version
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From: David Thielen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 1:18 PM
To: John Vottero; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] zip program for bootstrapper & msi
The only problem is it's Microsoft's bootstrapper from
MSBuild/GenerateBootstrapper so I have no control over that.
Thanks - dave
David Thielen
www.windwardreports.com<http://www.windwardreports.com>
303-499-2544 x1185
Cubicle Wars - http://www.windwardreports.com/film.htm
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From: John Vottero [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 8:19 AM
To: David Thielen; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] zip program for bootstrapper & msi
I don't think your bootstrapper should exit until the msi is done installing.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Thielen
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 2:16 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] zip program for bootstrapper & msi
Hi;
Can anyone suggest one to use to unzip the 2 files and then launch the
bootstrapper?
* Winzip won't work because it deletes the unzipped file as soon as the
first exists - so the msi will be deleted when the bootstrapper completes and
spawns it.
* Chilkat doesn't run will in a build script (file is still locked when it
returns, can't set the caption or icon).
??? - thanks - dave
David Thielen
www.windwardreports.com<http://www.windwardreports.com>
303-499-2544 x1185
Cubicle Wars - http://www.windwardreports.com/film.htm
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