[wix-users] Need to combine two installers -- one is a bundle

[Edwin Castro]

Conversely, if the files you are installing are applications, then you
don't need a bundle to run them. You should be able to run them
directly from the MSI.

--
Edwin G. Castro


On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 2:17 PM, Hoover, Jacob
<Jacob.Hoover at greenheck.com> wrote:
> A bundle isn't for running applications, it's for managing installations (prerequisite checks, chaining a mix of Msi/Msp/Exe based installs, bundle updates, etc).
>
> What is your MSI installing?  Is it an application or a series of installers?  If it's the latter, then it can all done in a bundle without the need of the MSI.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf Of Sean Krupa
> Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2017 4:07 PM
> To: wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org
> Subject: [wix-users] Need to combine two installers -- one is a bundle
>
> Hello,
>
> Thanks for taking the time to read my question.  I'm going to apologize in advance -- if my knowledge is incomplete or I use language that doesn't seem quite right it's because I'm a hardware guy who got dragooned into building an installer for a project that's up against a deadline.
>
> Here's what my project entails:
> Build an installer that copies a bunch of files and runs a few applications.
>
> So far using Wix tutorials and Nick Ramirez's Wix cookbook I've been able to do the following:
>
> 1. Create an installer that successfully copies all the files that I want -- heat.exe makes a components.wxs from a folder of the relevant files and components.wxs gets referenced in my product.wxs.
>
> 2. Create a separate installer that successfully runs the applications I want using a bundle (bootstapper, chain, relevant packages).
>
> What I can't seem to figure out is the best way to merge these two into one seamless installer.  I can't add the bundle to my product.wxs directly.  The simplest solutions seams to be adding a bundle.wxs to my solution and then referencing it in the product.wxs as well.  I can't find any examples of how to correctly reference it.
>
> If someone could offer some advice on how to correctly reference the bundle or alternatively if there is a simpler way to add my two installers together, I'd be very interested in hearing it.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> --
>
> Sean Krupa, Ph.D.
>
> Optical Engineer
>
> Sotera Defense Solutions, Inc.
>
> o. 202-767-2193  c. 724-561-8932
>
> e. sean.krupa at soteradefense.com<mailto:sean.krupa at soteradefense.com>
>
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