This website uses cookies. By clicking Accept, you consent to the use of cookies. Click Here to learn more about how we use cookies.
Accept
Reject
cancel
Turn on suggestions
Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type.
Showing results for 
Show  only  | Search instead for 
Did you mean: 
ronanorm
Level 3
‎Jul 24, 2008 10:47 AM

Installer Newbie looking for help creating an MSI.

Installer Newbie looking for help creating an MSI.

I need to make an MSI package that contains a NIC driver installer that is already an MSI.. What I would like to do is load all the install files in the new MSI and define a custom install action that will start the internal MSI installer. Can I do this, and if so how??

Thanks,
Ron N. - HP
Labels (1)
Labels
0 Kudos
(2) Replies
rasky74
Level 6
‎Jul 25, 2008 08:18 AM

It's possible (see custom action types.) Also 2009 has the new msi chaining feature which requires windows installer 4.5.
0 Kudos
douglasm
Level 3
‎Jul 28, 2008 12:18 PM

Installing a nested msi (an msi inside another msi) used to be possible through standard custom actions, but they have been deprecated for some time now as they cause more harm than good.

You'll want to look into the msi chaining in windows installer 4.5, or roll your own bootstrapper that will execute the two msi files one after another.
0 Kudos