CODEWITHSUNDEEP
windowswixinstallation
Prudhvirn
Prudhvirn

Reputation: 11

manual inputs embed in msi using wix

I would like to install a third party executable that expects some user inputs on a user machine.To this aim, I would like to make the installation silent.

Is there a way to achive using wix?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 85

Answers (1)

Rob Mensching
Rob Mensching

Reputation: 35976

The most "correct" way would be to create a Bundle that used a Chain to install the ExePackage and your MsiPackage. You can control the inputs to the ExePackage via the InstallCommand attribute. The InstallCommand attribute can use Variables from the Bundle by doing something like:

<ExePackage InstallCommand="[MyVariable] -someswitch"
            DetectCondition="DetectedThirdPartyInstalled"
            SourceFile="path\to\thirdparty.exe" />

If you really must try to install the executable during your .msi then you'll need to use a CustomAction and the ExeCommand attribute can pass parameters. That would look something like:

<CustomAction FileKey="FileIdForThirdPartyExe" ExeCommand="[MyProperty] -someswitch" />

Take a look in the WiX.chm for those key words for more other details.

Upvotes: 1

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