[wix-users] Installing the JRE EXE silently through my own MSI fails

Tue May 23 05:24:47 PDT 2017

Have you considered using Burn package? Sorry if I missed any of this mail
thread?

On 22 May 2017 at 22:45, Nir Bar <nir.bar at panel-sw.com> wrote:

> You can use Oracle's MSI installer:http://www.oracle.
> com/technetwork/java/javase/documentation/msiinstallerfaq-2967694.html
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>
> It is a commercial feature though
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> ---- On Tue, 23 May 2017 04:32:03 +0300 Christopher
> Painter<chrpai at iswix.com> wrote ----
>
> There is only one way I know of how to get around the _MSIMutex and it's
> not pretty and not reccomended. An immeadiate custom action running in the
> UI sequence could do a CreateProcess and launch the other MSI However this
> means you'd never be able to install your MSI silently because the UI
> sequence must run for this to work.
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>
> You've been given the only possible options. Create a burn bootstrapper to
> bundle the EXE/MSI and your MSI together or detail to the SCCM team that
> they need to chain these apps together. I work for a certain $187B company
> that has hundreds of thousands of SCCM clients and this is standard
> procedure for us.
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: wix-users <wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org> on behalf
> of Mayooran Macilamany <mayooran99 at gmail.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2017 7:50 PM
> To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [wix-users] Installing the JRE EXE silently through my own
> MSI fails
>
> Yes but that is not an option since this is not within the scope of the
> development team. Is there not a way to run these MSIs the way I have used
> them? They do work when I have just the VC redistributables. Its when I add
> the JRE that I run into this issue.
>
> On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 6:18 AM, Christopher Painter <chrpai at iswix.com
> >
> wrote:
>
> > In SCCM you'd use a task sequence, application model / dependency or
> > package/program chain to serialize the JRE and your application.
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: wix-users <wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org> on
> behalf of
> > Mayooran Macilamany <mayooran99 at gmail.com>
> > Sent: Monday, May 22, 2017 7:39 PM
> > To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: [wix-users] Installing the JRE EXE silently through my
> own
> > MSI fails
> >
> > Hi Dexter,
> >
> > When I tried with two MSIs it worked. I cannot go with EXE since
> these are
> > executed through SCCM where I cannot run any EXEs.
> >
> > On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 6:07 AM, Walter Dexter <wfdexter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > You can't install an msi from inside another msi. There's an msi
> hiding
> > in
> > > the JRE exe. You probably need a bundle.
> > >
> > > > On May 22, 2017, at 6:46 PM, Mayooran Macilamany &
> lt;mayooran99 at gmail.com
> > >
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I have my own msi through which I am trying to install the
> JRE exe. I
> > am
> > > > able to run other EXEs this way. But the JRE EXE is not
> getting
> > > installed.
> > > > Below is the error I am getting.
> > > >
> > > > MSI (s) (A0:C4) [05:10:08:690]: Executing op:
> > > > CustomActionSchedule(Action=RUN_JAVA,ActionType=1042,
> Source=C:\Program
> > > > Files (x86)\preRequisites\Java.exe,Target=/s,)
> > > > MSI (s) (A0:B8) [05:10:32:587]: Running as a service.
> > > > CustomAction RUN_JAVA returned actual error code 1618 (note
> this may
> > not
> > > be
> > > > 100% accurate if translation happened inside sandbox)
> > > > MSI (c) (FC:BC) [05:10:35:397]: Font created. Charset:
> Req=0, Ret=0,
> > > Font:
> > > > Req=MS Shell Dlg, Ret=MS Shell Dlg
> > > >
> > > > Error 1722. There is a problem with this Windows Installer
> package. A
> > > > program run as part of the setup did not finish as
> expected. Contact
> > your
> > > > support personnel or package vendor. Action RUN_JAVA,
> location:
> > > C:\Program
> > > > Files (x86)\preRequisites\Java.exe, command: /s
> > > > Action ended 5:10:38: InstallFinalize. Return value 3.
> > > > Action ended 5:10:39: INSTALL. Return value 3.
> > > >
> > > > Below is the WiX file I have for my MSI.
> > > >
> > > > <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
> > > > <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder">
> > > > <Directory Id="INSTALLLOCATION" Name="preRequisites">
> > > > <Component Id="ProductComponent"
> > > > Guid="7927FC46-E8C5-4FEA-A683-C275C08FB4D5"
> KeyPath="yes">
> > > > <File Id="VC2013.exe" Name="VC2013.exe"
> > > > Source="../../Setups/PreRequisites/kkube-
> prerequisites/vcredist_x86_
> > > 2013.exe"
> > > > DiskId="1"/>
> > > > <File Id="VC2015.exe" Name="VC2015.exe"
> > > > Source="../../Setups/PreRequisites/kkube-
> prerequisites/vcredist_x86_
> > > 2015.exe"
> > > > DiskId="1"/>
> > > > <File Id="Java.exe" Name="Java.exe"
> > > > Source="../../Setups/PreRequisites/kkube-
> prerequisites/jre-8u92-
> > > windows-x64.exe"
> > > > DiskId="1"/>
> > > > <File Id="dotNet4.5Installer.exe"
> Name="dotNet4.5Installer.exe"
> > > > Source="../../Setups/PreRequisites/kkube-
> prerequisites/dotNet4.
> > > 5Installer.exe"
> > > > DiskId="1"/>
> > > > </Component>
> > > > </Directory>
> > > > </Directory>
> > > > </Directory>
> > > >
> > > > <CustomAction Id="RUN_VC2013" FileKey="VC2013.exe"
> ExeCommand="/q"
> > > > Execute="deferred" Return="check" />
> > > > <CustomAction Id="RUN_VC2015" FileKey="VC2015.exe"
> ExeCommand="/q"
> > > > Execute="deferred" Return="check" />
> > > > <CustomAction Id="RUN_JAVA" FileKey="Java.exe"
> ExeCommand="/s"
> > > > Execute="deferred" Return="check" />
> > > > <CustomAction Id="RUN_DOTNET"
> FileKey="dotNet4.5Installer.exe"
> > > > ExeCommand="/q" Execute="deferred" Return="check" />
> > > >
> > > > <InstallExecuteSequence>
> > > > <Custom Action="RUN_VC2013" Before="InstallFinalize">
> NOT
> > > Installed</Custom>
> > > > <Custom Action="RUN_VC2015" Before="InstallFinalize">
> NOT
> > > Installed</Custom>
> > > > <Custom Action="RUN_JAVA" Before="InstallFinalize">
> NOT
> > Installed</Custom>
> > > > <Custom Action="RUN_DOTNET" Before="InstallFinalize">
> NOT
> > > Installed</Custom>
> > > > </InstallExecuteSequence>
> > > > <Feature Id="ProductFeature" Title="preRequisites"
> Level="1">
> > > > <ComponentRef Id="ProductComponent" />
> > > > </Feature>
> > > >
> > > > I tried running the JRE with the command "<name of the
> exe> /s". It
> > > > installs silently. Why does it fail when installing it
> through my MSI?
> > > How
> > > > can I achieve this? Any help would be much appreciated.
> > > >
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