[wix-users] Packaging in wix

[balachander s]

Hi all,

For my project(say *MyWixInstaller*) as mentioned in previous conversation,
i need 2 installers to be installed(say *product1.exe* and *product2.exe*)
So i placed product1 and product2 in seperate merge modules inside product.
So only one entry of product is observed in control panel as
*MyWixInstaller. *

How should i get entries for both products separately in control panel?

But, i need entry for product1 and product2 as well(which is requirement).
If i have one product.wxs file, i know how to manage. Should i use two such
files or should i follow some other method.


On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 11:40 AM balachander s <
connecttobalachander at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> For my project(say *MyWixInstaller*) as mentioned in previous
> conversation, i need 2 installers to be installed(say *product1.exe* and
> *product2.exe*)
> So i placed product1 and product2 in seperate merge modules inside product.
> So only one entry of product is observed in control panel as
> *MyWixInstaller. *
>
> How should i get entries for both products separately in control panel?
>
> But, i need entry for product1 and product2 as well(which is requirement).
>
> On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 5:50 PM balachander s <
> connecttobalachander at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> Thanks for reply. Both exe will always sit together. actually pqr.exe is
>> dependent on abc.exe. So abc.exe should get installed first in sequence
>> then pqr.exe
>>
>> Regards,
>> Bala
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 4:22 PM Christopher Painter <chrpai at iswix.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> It all depends on how these files are shipped to customers.   Does
>>> prq.exe and abc.exe always go together or do you have another product that
>>> contains  prq.exe and def.exe?   Does PRQ.exe ever ship by itself and then
>>> abc.exe  is shipped by itself  skipping PRQ if it's already installed?
>>>
>>> I have an open source project that has templates and graphical designers
>>> to help make WiX easier to learn and use.  It has one template that creates
>>> an MSI and one that creates an EXE/MSI.    If you use the latter you can
>>> then add another MSI project to it and with two actions ( add a project
>>> reference and add a line to your bundle wix xml )   it can install two
>>> MSI.      With the former you can just add both files to your single MSI.
>>>
>>>
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>>> *Sent:* Monday, April 1, 2019 1:23 AM
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>>> *Cc:* balachander s
>>> *Subject:* [wix-users] Packaging in wix
>>>
>>> Hi Guys,
>>>
>>> Greetings!!
>>>
>>> I need to create installer for our project. So it creates 2 executable.
>>> Let
>>> us consider abc.exe and pqr.exe. I need to bundle it together in single
>>> installer.
>>>
>>>  So should i create 2 (for each separately )product.wxs files and include
>>> registry entries and dependency sub-folders and files and pack together
>>> [OR] shall i have single product.wxs file and create separate tags for
>>> each
>>> exe and its dependencies
>>>
>>>
>>> If you have any other thoughts also, please do share with me. There shall
>>> be grey areas, as i am in learning phase of this tool.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Bala
>>>
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