I have a requirement where an MSI A is invoked by another installer B. As such the MSI A is generated at runtime , and the main installer B than invokes this also is generated at runtime, the input to this being the MSI A.
Given this requirement, since the installer B chains multiple MSIs, we need to use the PreReqs for each of these. Is there a way to crank these PreReqs using a command line or something of that sort ?
The .prq file should list the path to the MSI file for the prerequisite (in the LocalFile element, I seem to recall); after you build A.msi, can you copy it to the location specified in the prerequisite definition?
Thanks a lot for your input. Copying an MSI to a specific location will not be a problem. However, once placed there, is there a command line way of kicking off an update of the Prereq using the newly built MSI ?
RobertDickau, thanks for the hint. I think I see what you are saying.
All this while I thought thr prq was self contained, but it seems it just references the MSI and just swapping out the MSIs from that fixed location would work for me.
