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

[Daniel Rodriguez]

Oh forget it, it seems I can use it normally, right?

Anyway, don't lose more time, I'll focus on coding, best regards!

2015-11-16 9:20 GMT-05:00 Daniel Rodriguez <sadasant at gmail.com>:

> Phill, I'm sorry but I need to ask,
>
> What do I do with non-MSI installers as dependencies?
>
> For example, cygwin doesn't provide a MSI installer!
>
> Thanks again for your time and patience.
>
> 2015-11-16 8:59 GMT-05:00 Daniel Rodriguez <sadasant at gmail.com>:
>
>> 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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