[wix-users] Running InstallShield setup within a bundle and waiting to continue

[Phill Hogland]

It looks like for InstallScript it is /clone_wait  and /w or /wait for MSI project (which you were using).

http://helpnet.flexerasoftware.com/installshield19helplib/helplibrary/IHelpSetup_EXECmdLine.htm#Ref-Command-LineTools_3873826509_1039966

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From: wix-users <wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org> on behalf of Mark Kunkel <mck at ingersoll.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 7, 2016 12:00:21 PM
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Subject: [wix-users] Running InstallShield setup within a bundle and waiting to continue

I have a bit of a convoluted situation, and I am fairly new to using the Wix
Installer, so there may be a better way to do what I am attempting to do.

I have a third party installer which I can tell was built using
InstallShield. It will not run on Windows 10, and the vendor does not
support anything past Windows 7. Using compatibility mode, the software will
install and run on Windows 10.

So, I have a bundle with a chain that has the following steps:

1.) Extract the files from a self executing archive to a specific folder on
the computer.

2.) Set compatibility mode for all the exe files in the folder where the
files were extracted to.

3.) Run the setup command.

4.) Remove the folder where the files where extracted to.

The first problem here is that the bundle is meant to call executables that
are included are part of the installation, not ones that exist on the target
system. I got around this by creating a program that runs a program as
specified by the "Install Command" of the "ExePackage".

This generally works. However when I do this with the InstallShield setup
program, the program exits right away and continues on to the next item in
the chain. I tried:

setup /w

and

cmd /c start /WAIT C:\temp\xxxxxxx\setup.exe /w

Does anyone know how I can wait for the setup to complete before going on to
the next step in the chain?

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