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‎Feb 22, 2012
07:20 AM
Multiple MSI Installation ina single setup
I have a question about MSI. Is it possible to create a setup that can install 30 .msi in a single setup? :confused:
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‎Feb 23, 2012
05:33 PM
Yes and No.
You can not call an MSI from another MSI (from the execute phase specifically). Two MSI's can not run at the same time. The second one will fail.
There is of course nesting which makes the secondary MSI's a child of the main install. However even Microsoft who designed this feature says do not use this. Managing Nested installs is a nightmare.
I do know some people have gotten MSI to work as a bootstrap for multiple MSI's. I am assuming they did all the execution out of the UI phase which begs the question of how they got Maintenance and Silent installs to work. I can not speak to this but there are probably some posts on the forums about it.
What we are looking to do here is update to InstallShield 2012 and evaluating using the new Suite Project type. It seems to be designed for stringing multiple installs together.
You can not call an MSI from another MSI (from the execute phase specifically). Two MSI's can not run at the same time. The second one will fail.
There is of course nesting which makes the secondary MSI's a child of the main install. However even Microsoft who designed this feature says do not use this. Managing Nested installs is a nightmare.
I do know some people have gotten MSI to work as a bootstrap for multiple MSI's. I am assuming they did all the execution out of the UI phase which begs the question of how they got Maintenance and Silent installs to work. I can not speak to this but there are probably some posts on the forums about it.
What we are looking to do here is update to InstallShield 2012 and evaluating using the new Suite Project type. It seems to be designed for stringing multiple installs together.
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‎Mar 10, 2012
08:52 AM
Thank you for the reply.