It's also worth noting that it's not awfully hard to write your own -- which has some advantages, in that you can customize it to your liking. I just wrote one for our own project this morning.
Basically you'll need to produce an executable stub (with no external dependencies) that knows how to use Find/Load/LockResource to extract an RCDATA resource from itself, save it as an MSI, and run it. Obviously it can get much more complicated from there, but those are the basics. You'll also need something to use BeginUpdateResource/UpdateResource/EndUpdateResource to embed the MSI(s) into the resource section of the stub executable. I used python and py-win32, but you could just as easily use vbscript. Joel Paula (hotmail) wrote: > Spam detection software, running on the system "tristero", has > identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original message > has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label > similar future email. If you have any questions, see > the administrator of that system for details. > > Content preview: After 1 week of struggling with WiX, I am ready to give > up. This is my last attempt to save the time I have spent with it. My > project: . Install a product that has a VB6 application and a .Net 2.0 > application. 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This is my last > attempt to save the time I have spent with it. > > > > My project: > > . Install a product that has a VB6 application and a .Net 2.0 application. > > . Install all required run times (It Just Works style) > > . Works for English (en), Brazilian Portuguese (pt-BR) and Standard > Portuguese (pt-PT) > > - Doesn't install English .Net over a Brazilian operating system, etc. > > > > What I found out: > > . The Visual Studio bootstraper doesn't deploy non-english files and there > is no way to add packages for other languages/MS doesn't provide them > > . There is not bootstraper in WiX, so we are advised to use something like > NSIS (which is what I was running away from) > > > > > > Does anybody have any experience with developing installers for multiple > cultures? > > Any advices? Website links? > > Should I head back to NSIS? > > > > > > Thank you very much. > > Joel Paula > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > -- Teleoperate a roving mobile robot from the web: http://www.swampgas.com/robotics/rover.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
