[wix-users] Has anyone have made an installer that downloads and installs dependencies first?

[Daniel Rodriguez]

Thanks again Phill, I will do that!

2015-11-16 8:58 GMT-05:00 Phill Hogland <phill.hogland at rimage.com>:

> As you work on the next step, you might also download the wix toolset
> source zip archive for the version of the Wixtoolset that you are using.  I
> find it useful to use Notepad++ or similar to search the source code for
> examples of how a particular issue that I am trying to solve is addressed.
> The source for the setup used to install the Wix Toolset is at src\Setup.
> There is a Bundle project and several MSI package projects with a managed
> WixBA project.  You will probably use the WixStandardBootstrapper
> initially, but I found it worthwhile to study these projects as I was
> learning the Wix ways.  There is also a CommonLib project showing how to
> put common code in a wixlib.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf
> Of Daniel Rodriguez
> Sent: Monday, November 16, 2015 7:46 AM
> To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
> Subject: Re: [wix-users] Has anyone have made an installer that downloads
> and installs dependencies first?
>
> Thank you Phil! That guided me into the next step.
>
> 2015-11-16 8:42 GMT-05:00 Phill Hogland <phill.hogland at rimage.com>:
>
> > When you have a third-party installer on which your app depends, then
> > create a Burn bundle (in VS the Wix setup.exe template) project to
> > chain the dependency with your MSI package(s).
> > https://www.firegiant.com/wix/tutorial/net-and-net/bootstrapping/
> >
> > Do not try to launch a nested setup from within an MSI, as that is
> > strongly discouraged.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On
> > Behalf Of Daniel Rodriguez
> > Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2015 4:51 PM
> > To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
> > Subject: [wix-users] Has anyone have made an installer that downloads
> > and installs dependencies first?
> >
> > Hi, I'm new with WiX, I've read the FireGiant tutorial (most of it),
> > it's a beautiful piece of information but I'm still clueless about one
> > requirement in my project, let me explain: I need to make an installer
> > that has to download cygwin and run some stuff inside of cygwin before
> > the program is ready.
> >
> > I'm aware that I can add custom actions, so I can download
> > dependencies, but that means I will need to download cygwin's
> > installer, right? and thus I will need to run that installer from my
> installer?? Is that the right way?
> >
> > I'm happy to know that I'll be learning many things in this project
> > but that particular point is not clearly defined for me, I prefer to
> > ask instead of trying to go bind to see if any attempt works, so I
> > wonder if any of you has an example that does something similar that I
> > could use to learn how to achieve my goals, or anything that could guide
> me.
> >
> > In any case, thanks for your time, I appreciate it.
> >
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