Hoe do I create two installs in one package

[CChong]

I have two native MSI's. One of them must be installed before the second one will work properly. I would like to be able to somehow combine these into one installation so that the user only has to run a single install. Since they are native MSI's, I don't want to repackage them. I can use an MST if needed. Thanks.

[RajeshTammana]

Have you considered using nested MSI installation mechanism?

Regards
Rajesh Tammana

[CChong]

I'm fairly new to this. I've done a handful of repackaging jobs. How do I do the nested install? The new Installshield book doesn't offer much in this area.

[RajeshTammana]

You might want to look into MSI help which has few topics to cover this.

Regards
Rajesh Tammana

[CChong]

I got it! The Installshield help was quite good. I should have looked there first.:D I had 2 native MSI's, and created MST's for both of them, plus modified the MSI's a bit to remove some shorcuts and add a few files. I then merged the MST's into the MSI's. Then I created a custom action in one of the MSI's to launch the second MSI, and put that MSI file into the first one. So now I have one MSI to install both programs with the customizations! Hehe, it was kind of fun.:cool: