[wix-users] Install an exe while my installer is running?

[William Fisher]

I second Jacob Hoover's comment.

I had a SQL Server install.  You can use your custom UI with SQL install,
which I think is a better user experience anyway.  Here's how I did it for
SQL Server Express 2014:

  <Fragment>
    <util:RegistrySearch
      Id='SearchForSQLServerExpress64'
      Variable="ISSQLSERVER64INSTALLED"
      Result="exists"
      Root="HKLM"
      Key="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL
Server\MSSQL12.$(var.InstanceName)"
      Win64="yes" />
    <PackageGroup Id="SQLServerExpress2014_64Bit">
      <ExePackage Compressed="yes"
                  PerMachine="yes"
                  Cache="yes"
                  Vital="yes"
                  Permanent="no"
                  InstallCommand='/ACTION=Install /Q
/IACCEPTSQLSERVERLICENSETERMS /FEATURES=SQLEngine
/INSTANCENAME=$(var.InstanceName)
/SQLSYSADMINACCOUNTS=BUILTIN\Administrators /SECURITYMODE=SQL
/SAPWD="Password1!" /SkipRules=RebootRequiredCheck'
                  UninstallCommand='/ACTION=Uninstall /Q
/FEATURES=SQLEngine /INSTANCENAME=$(var.InstanceName)'
                  SourceFile='redist\SQLEXPR_x64_ENU.exe'
                  Name="redist\SQLEXPR_x64_ENU.exe"
                  DetectCondition="Installed OR ISSQLSERVER64INSTALLED"
                  InstallCondition="VersionNT64">
        <ExitCode Behavior="forceReboot"/>
      </ExePackage>
    </PackageGroup>
  </Fragment>

And include in your <Chain> a <PackageGroupRef
Id="SQLServerExpress2014_64Bit"/>

On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 12:01 PM Carlos Sosa <carlos.sosa.us at outlook.com>
wrote:

>
> Hello I'm working on an installer with a custom UI where the user can
> select which components to install.
> The problem is that when the click install (SQL 2016 express) the SQL
> installer starts just fine, but since my Installer is running the SQL
> cannot continue.
>
> I may be doing this the wrong way, any direction/help is appreciated.
> I'm using a Custom UI, I noticed that after the custom UI closes wherever
> is in the main Product .wxs continues in my case if I understand correctly
> at least one component is needed, I'm using:
>
>    <Component Id="CMP_InstallMeTXT"
>                  Guid="E8A58B7B-F031-4548-9BDD-7A6796C8460D">
>         <File Id="FILE_InstallMeTXT"
>               Source="InstallMe.txt"
>               KeyPath="yes" />
>       </Component
>
> So when the Custom UI is closed, the installation of this component
> continues.
> How can I open a simple Window (custom UI) and only trigger an Installer
> (3rd party apps like .Net, SQL, etc) when one of the buttons on the custom
> UI is clicked? So the Main installer is not running while I try to install
> the other tools?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
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