Thanks for the response.
Just to clarify...
You can have more than one <bundle></bundle> in a Bootstrapper.wxs?
Or by "second bundle" do you mean second Bootstrapper.exe? As in targeting a
second Bootstrapper (Bootstrapper2.exe) as the SourceFile in an ExePackage in
the first Bootstrapper (Bootstrapper1.exe)? (This actually does work).
For example ...
<Wix ...
<Bundle Name="Bootstrapper1">
...
<chain>
...
<ExePackage Id="DriverSetup" SourceFile="Bootstrapper2.exe"
'''
InstallCommand="/q /norestart"/>
</chain>
(/Bundle>
</Wix>
-----Original Message-----
From: Hoover, Jacob [mailto:jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com]
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 11:49 AM
To: General discussion about the WiX toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] What is the best way to design a Bootstrapper
requiring external input ?
There isn't any communication between the MSI and the BA for returning property
values. Since you've written your own BA, you have a bit more latitude but you
can't modify the plan in between packages in Apply. To me it almost seems like
it would make sense (and be easier and not require a custom BA) to utilize a
second bundle for the camera drivers. There you could do your install check to
assert your initial bundle is in place, and utilize registry searches to read
the persisted values from your main MSI install to then allow this aux bundle
to plan the proper driver MSI.
As for the remember me property pattern,
http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2010/5/2/the-wix-toolsets-remember-property-pattern
-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Moyer [mailto:scott.mo...@appliedvision.com]
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 10:37 AM
To: 'General discussion about the WiX toolset.'
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] What is the best way to design a Bootstrapper
requiring external input ?
Thanks for the reply.
I already have four MSIs for the two drivers (two x64 and two x86), and I am
familiar with passing variables from a BA to an MSI. I just need to figure out
how to pass information back from the MSI so the BA can access it. I do not
understand how to persist a variable and am not familiar with the 'remember
property' pattern. Do you have any examples you can share, as I am a pretty
visual learner?
-----Original Message-----
From: Phill Hogland [mailto:phogl...@rimage.com]
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 11:11 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] What is the best way to design a Bootstrapper
requiring external input ?
I am in a similar boat, converting an old IS script project to Wix/msi. So I
am also learning, and very impressed with WIX. Most of my time so far has been
trying to sort out oddball configuration issues for drivers. In my case in
some scenarios I need to get printer drivers installed as print-to-file and in
other situations the same driver as pnp when hardware is attached. But since
the pc is embedded into the hardware the hardware is attached even before the
software is installed, which creates pnp issues.
Given your info, I think I would:
1) create separate msi (without concern about the UI) for each driver. For me
that means a single MSI project for each of three drivers, each of which is
built twice to create six x86 and x64 packages.
In the mba try to detect devices or collect registration info and other
configuration in OnDetect. I do not write anything at this stage. But the mba
writes info that will be passed to the msi packages as Burn string variables.
(The bootstrapper project defines these string variables as bal:Overwritable.
I do not persist these variables since I implement
'remember property' pattern in each MSI. If you can be certain that
the MSI will not be launched separate from the bootstrapper, then persisting
the variable might be simpler.)
Then in the chain it worked best for me to install the drivers first, (based on
InstallConditions using variable set by the mba) and then install the
application. In each MSI I implemented 'remember property' pattern for info
that needs to be passed in. So the info collected by the mba is passed to each
MSI as a MsiProperty.
I'm still learning, so I am interested in other's advice.
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