[wix-users] Download URL for using RemotePayload to install SQL Express

Sean Hall r.sean.hall at gmail.com
Mon Oct 12 16:35:40 PDT 2015


Download them through the website, then you can normally right click on it
in the browser's download window to get the URL that it got it from.

On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 1:18 PM, Phill Hogland <phill.hogland at rimage.com>
wrote:

> I created a bundle which installs SQL Express 2012 SP2 for x64 or x86 (and
> several locales) each requiring a separate Microsoft setup.  While that is
> working, I am trying to convert to use RemotePayload, so that I do not have
> to stage the Microsoft bundles with each build on my web deployment
> server.  This is my first serious attempt to use RemotePayload.  I
> harvested the RemotePayload attributes using heat.exe, but how do I come up
> with a correct download url for Microsoft's server?
>
> I assume it should be a go.microsoft.com/fwlink  URL, but I have never
> understood how to find these.  And as I post this question I am told that I
> should use SQL Express 2014 (rather than 2012 SP2).  I assume that the
> general 'how to find fwlinks?' will apply to either.   Thanks for the
> assistance! Phill
>
>
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