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Ryan
Ryan

Reputation: 641

Wait for setup project to close in .NET

My end result is that I want to launch another setup project after the first setup project closes. The problem is that since setup.exe is just a wrapper for the MSI package, WaitForExit is quitting when the setup.exe is finished and not foo.msi.

Using Process As New System.Diagnostics.Process
      Process.StartInfo.FileName = "setup.exe"
      Process.StartInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Normal
      Process.WaitForExit()
End Using

'Launch next setup here

What are ways to accomplish this? The setup is a Visual Studio Setup Project.

I believe I am going to need to try out some professional installer products to see if I can get the results that I want.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 847

Answers (2)

Ryan
Ryan

Reputation: 641

Our company decided to go with InstallAware Studio Edition. It was able to run setups after the installation was completely finished and everything else that I could possibly need.

Upvotes: 0

boj
boj

Reputation: 11395

Try

msiexec

to run your msi file instead of setup.exe (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc759262.aspx)

Here is a detailed example: Launching MSIExec.exe From C#

Upvotes: 2

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