[wix-users] Simple exe wrapper for msi

[Don Caton]

The point of Wix is to replace a 10 year old version of InstallShield with
something better to build the product installer.  InstallShield could
create a raw msi or an exe that contained the msi and which called msiexec
with the appropriate parameters.  Both msi and exe variants are required
for different customers.

Yes, I know there are other ways of running msiexec.  Doesn't matter;
that's what the powers that be want.  Resistance is futile.

On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 3:21 PM <robert_yang at agilent.com> wrote:

> "what I want (1. extract the msi to a temp folder, 2. run msiexec, 3.
> delete temp folder)."
>
>
> Sorry, the point of using Wix for that exercise is lost on me.  You could
> easily write a batch file to do the above tasks.
>
> Running msiexec is something that would happen if the user double-clicked
> on the MSI, or right-clicked on it and selected "Install".  I'm not clear
> on why an EXE wrapper which adds no effective value is needed.
>
> -Rob
>
>
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