The original design for the ManagedBootstrapperApplicationHost was to get .NET up and running for the MBA. In v3.9, we added support for multiple prerequisite packages because installing .NET 4 on XP/2003 required WIC as well, so PrereqSupportPackage was pretty much designed for .NET prerequisites.
You're not the first person to bring this up, but no one has filed a feature request yet. Keep in mind that what you're asking for is against the design for Burn: presenting the user with multiple installations for a single product. Also, the more dependencies your BA has, the more fragile your installer is. On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 7:06 AM, Hurne, Samuel <shu...@cspeed.com> wrote: > All, > > I have a Burn bootstrapper installer that will be installing several > packages within in its bundle. Additionally, I have a custom bootstrapper > application that might need to make use of assemblies that have been > previously installed into the GAC, and I might have a need to use updated > versions of those assemblies. So, I'm looking for a built-in method of > installing prerequisites before the custom BA is started up. > > At first glance, in the 3.9 RC4, it looks like I should be able to use the > PrereqSupportPackage WixBalExtension to specify prerequisite packages that > should be installed before the custom BA is started. However, I haven't had > any luck with this and after looking at the code, it looks like this is > really only meant for .Net version installers. Is this correct? Am I > missing something, or is there another way of achieving what I'm trying to > do? > > Thanks, > Sam > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
