I should have had this in my previous message. Where is the Burn documentation? It is not in the Wix 3.5 package, at least I can't find it after doing an Administrative install if Wix3.5.msi (DON"T FORGET TO SET TARGETDIR HERE).
Is Burn ready for primetime? My client is currently on the stable 3.0 release. Can Burn be obtained and used alongside Wix 3.0? Also, we need to bundle the .MSI, MST, and cabinet into a single EXE self extractor. We want to be able to download and install these as single files. Can burn package files into a self-extracting exe? Maybe this is not doable. Some of the .MSI's are large and I would had to have to extract to a temp or program data folder and leave the big package lying around for the slim change the user might goof up their installation and trigger a "detect and repair". ---- gree...@cox.net wrote: > Thanks, I will need to learn about Burn, I see the name of of the utility > alot. I now need to learn what it actuall dows. I am however using Wix 3.0 > and will need to see if Burn is a 3.5 utility. > > Regards, > Aris > > ---- Rob Mensching <r...@robmensching.com> wrote: > > Yeah, don't do that. In Burn we do a lot of work to make sure the MSI is > > cached in a consistent location so that repair, patching, etc. all work > > correctly. > > > > On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 8:48 AM, <gree...@cox.net> wrote: > > > > > I created an MSI package, MST (transfor), and .cab file using WIX 3.0. I > > > bundle all three up in a NullSoft self extracting exe that when called by > > > a > > > bootstrapper, extracts the files to a directory on disk and calls the msi > > > using msiexec and setting the TRANSFORMS property to the .MST file. > > > > > > Question is, after the product is installed, what will happing during a > > > normal "Detect and Repair" if the user deletes a key file and then > > > launches > > > the app using the application short cut? The ResourceSource action, I > > > know, > > > will look for the SourceDir value containing the original MSI. These > > > files > > > are gone after the NullSoft executable runs the install and cleans up. > > > > > > I understand InstallShield using the SETUPEXEDIR property for dealing with > > > this, but you do other vendors that wrap their MSI's in a setup.exe type > > > file. Also, my NullSoft exe is not named "setup.exe", its is the MSI file > > > name replaced with an EXE extention. > > > > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate > > > GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the > > > lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: > > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo > > > _______________________________________________ > > > WiX-users mailing list > > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate > > GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the > > lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate > GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the > lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
