Thanks for the advice to use a bootstrapper to achieve the below. Having
decided to do this I am now trying to add the correct commands to the
wixproj file. Below I am trying to install postgresql-8.2-int.msi before
my own msi. However it doesn't know where to find the
postgresql-8.2-int.msi file despite me putting it in every place I can
think of including C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
8\SDK\v2.0\BootStrapper.
It seems this has to be created as a package in its own right, which
after following MS instructions does not work because I am working off a
wix project file rather than a standard VS2005 one. I feel as if I'm
missing the point here as it seems extremely complex to achieve a simple
process of installing one msi after another.
Does anyone have any tips or examples that are doing something similar,
as the ones I have seen are only working with standard prerequisites and
not necessarily with a wix project.
<ItemGroup>
<BootstrapperFile Include="postgresql-8.2-int.msi">
<ProductName>postgresql-8.2-int.msi</ProductName>
</BootstrapperFile>
<BootstrapperFile Include="CallManager.msi">
<ProductName>Call Manger 4.0</ProductName>
</BootstrapperFile>
</ItemGroup>
<Target Name="BuildBootstrapper" Inputs="$(OutDir)$(TargetFileName)"
Outputs="$(OutDir)\Setup.exe" Condition=" '$(OutputType)'=='package' ">
<GenerateBootstrapper ApplicationFile="$(TargetFileName)"
ApplicationName="Call Manager 4.0"
BootstrapperItems="@(BootstrapperFile)" ComponentsLocation="Relative"
Culture="en-US" OutputPath="$(OutputPath)" />
</Target>
<Import
Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\Microsoft\WiX\v3.0\Wix.targets" />
<PropertyGroup>
<BuildDependsOn>$(BuildDependsOn);BuildBootstrapper</BuildDependsOn>
</PropertyGroup>
Graham Vickrage wrote:
> I am a newbie and am strugglilng with the following problem.
>
> I need to install a 3rd party DB (postgresql) as part of my installation
> proceedure. I have figured out how to do this silently using a .bat file
> to launch the DB msi from my msi using
>
> <Property Id='MSINSTALLER'>C:\temp\WixUI\InstallPG.bat</Property>
> <CustomAction Id="ManagedInstall" Property="MSINSTALLER"
> ExeCommand='"[SourceDir]"' Return="ignore"></CustomAction>
>
> . However once the DB starts to install it comes up with the error message.
>
> "Another installation is in progress. You must complete that..."
>
> Is there any way around this, can someone suggest another way of doing
> it that avoids this problem.
>
> Many thanks in advance.
>
> Graham
>
>
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