[wix-users] Order of Installers in Bootstrap Application

[Ven H]

Thanks a lot Jacob. That was helpful.



On Mon, Dec 6, 2021 at 10:26 PM Hoover, Jacob <Jacob.Hoover at greenheck.com>
wrote:

> If you open the bundle with 7 zip and look at 0, you should see the chain.
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> *From:* wix-users <wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org> *On Behalf Of *Ven
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> *Cc:* Ven H <venh.123 at gmail.com>
> *Subject:* [wix-users] Order of Installers in Bootstrap Application
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> I am very new to Bootstrapping. Let's say there is a Bootstrapper
> Application (exe) without source code. How do I get the order of installers
> in that? I tried using dark.exe to decompile this and I got the installers,
> but not their order or the markup bundle?
>
> Also, I am not sure how the property values are getting passed to all the
> installers? For example, in my case, although there is a top level
> directory and I have 3 installers. If I use the Bootstrapper, it rightly
> puts the 2nd and 3rd MSI files into a subdirectory created by the 1st MSI.
> Not sure how it is doing this. I tried searching a lot, but couldn't find
> it. If I try to install the MSIs separately even by assigning the property
> values, it is not putting the files into the right place. I have a
> requirement to remove the Bootstrapper and deal with the individual MSI
> files. This has necessitated the above requirements / scenarios. Please
> help.
>
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