Can you recommend another bootstrapper that can kick off an .exe (instead of the .msi)? Something tells me I might be writing my own bootstrapper tomorrow.
-----Original Message----- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 00:09 AM To: Nick Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper/Decryption Nick wrote: > I should probably be hung for doing this... > Certainly shunned.<g> > I run the VS2005 bootstrapper to install C++ and .NET runtimes. Then the > bootstrapper starts an ORCA'd MSI. This MSI asks the user to enter the correct > password. If the user does so, the custom action de-crypts (that's why I need > the C++ and .NET runtimes) a second MSI, and launches it. Mind you, the second > MSI is the one I'm really trying to launch after password verification... > > Surely there's an easier way to do all this; would somebody care to enlighten > me? > I'm not familiar with the VS bootstrapper but if it could kick off an .exe, write a C# app to do the decryption and launch the MSI. From a network management perspective, what you have can't be deployed by SMS or other similar tools (assuming your CA runs from the UI). -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
