I have a few component msi packages that need to installed together to form the end application. The problem is: the components that make up the package can be updated and the component relaunched on the http file server.What approach should i take? The installer that i am writing is the 'master' installer. Which needs to be able to r...
Is there any way how to run the setup.exe bootstrapper generated by VS2008 with .NET 2.0 WinForms application on Windows 2000 SP4? If I try to run it, it gives me an error message about missing HeapSetInformation in Kernel32.dll and it doesn't run. I tried to install manually Windows Installer 3.1 and also .NET 2.0 Framework, but the se...
What would be the way to retrieve the Windows SDK folder in an MSBuild task? Using the generateBootstrapper task I'm creating a bootstrapper for my setup to be able to install the pre-requisites. This task needs the path to the folder where the pre-requisite packages are located, i.e. the Windows SDK folder "C:\Program Files\Microsoft...
When using the generic bootstrapper with MSBuild how is the order of installation of prerequisite items determined? For example, given: <Project ToolsVersion="3.5" xmlns='http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003'> <ItemGroup> <BootstrapperFile Include='A' /> <BootstrapperFile Include='B' /> <BootstrapperFile...
Right now, I am creating an msi and a setup.exe using the Visual Studio. It works quite well... till recently. I recently added a new dialog box with a Combo Box Control to the msi. Now when I install the app directly using the msi, everything is works just fine. But when I run the Setup.exe, the ComboBox is not displayed correctly. It o...
I am packaging an vb.net application which uses managed DirectX and I am not using vs deployment project etc. Now, I want to check managed directX 9 C is installed on the client or not. If not download the directX managed from the web. What is the prefered way to do this? I found the following Microsoft Component Installer Software Devel...
Am I required to install Visual Studio 2008 in order to build a bootstrapper for my msi installer? I don't have VS2008 installed on my build server, and I'd rather not install it just to generate this one bootstrapper, but it appears that the required bootstrapper files (setup.bin, the Microsoft SDKs folder, etc) are included in the VS ...
I'm trying to build a VxWorks boot loader that is PXE-bootable from Workbench, but not having any success. Here is a run-down of my environment: VxWorks 6.6 + latest patches Workbench 3.0 + latest patches Montevina BSP release 2.0/1 The target is a Dell Precision M4400 laptop. Here's what I've been doing, without success: Create a ...
Visual Studio 2008 SP1 doesn't provide any language pack prerequisite for the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1. My research results are: it should be easy to create a custom bootstrapper package that installs a language pack. I've downloaded the Bootstrapper Manifest Generator. It's really a nice tool to create custom packages, but I don't know w...
Does anyone know of WPF code examples using Prism in which modules each register themselves as a menuitem in a menu within another module? (I've currently got an application which tries to do this with the EventAggregator, so one module listens for published events from other modules which need to have their title in the menu as a menu ...
I have an installer with an external UI handler. Therefore, I have a Setup.exe and a setup.msi file. How can I put both files inside the bootstrapper? Thank you. <Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003"> <ItemGroup> <BootstrapperFile Include="Microsoft.Net.Framework.3.5"> <ProductName>Microsoft...
Can someone please explain where GetModuleCatalog (Microsoft.Practices.Composite.UnityExtensions.UnityBootstrapper.GetModuleCatalog()) is called in the Prism shell? I understand that it needs to be overridden in the application Bootstrapper, but I could not find out where it is called internally when running the Bootstrapper. ...
I am trying to add Direct X 9 c in the list of prerequisite of click once installer. For which i am using Bootstrap Manifest generator as i read in some article on building the Bootstrap Manifest generator. I am getting an error that says A null string was requested to be built, which is not allowed. I have my DirectX exe file ...
So I have a WiX based MSI that installs a handful of device drivers and therefore I have an x64 and an x86 version. The package also has a .NET 3.5 dependency so I'm generating a bootstrapper to do this and then launch the MSI. My question is if anyone is aware of a way to create a bootstrapper that will detect the platform it is running...
I'm currently developping a bootstrapper to deploy one of my VSTO addins. I thus created a prerequisites list before compiled it with MSBuild, but I also need to test and install the otkloadr.dll fix (KB907417). In a first time I used a custom bootstrapper package, but the package directory and files must be included with my deployment ...
I'm trying to find a solution for the following issue: I have numerous programs (lets call them slaves) that all rely on a single program (master). I need to distribute an installer for each slave. This installer needs to install the master. I want to be able to version both pieces, so multiple msi's appear to be the right solution, ...
Hey I'm actually interested in how an OS works, from the POST over the Boot process to the Kernel, GUI, etc. Well I have to start at the beginning: The bootsector Most tutorials only specify how to get your .bin bootstrapper onto an USB stick for Linux users. But as I'm using XP I would like to ask how do I get my 512 byte .bin onto ...
I am having problems with hosting a WPF prism app in an ElementHost control and am desparate for help. The PRISM app runs fine in silverlight and in a standalone WPF. The main Shell seems to setup fine in the elementHost on a WinForm however other views only load with the “RegisterViewWithRegion” and not the “Add,Activate” procedure. I...
Hi, I need to pack two msi files in one setup.exe file (via bootstrapper) and run only one of them depending on condition (machine is x64 or x86). Is there a way to do that? ...
I'm looking to have a release layout with multiple installers but with a single source for prerequisites, in the following structure: \Product1\setup.exe \Product2\setup.exe \Product3\setup.exe \Redist The goal is to launch each prerequisite from the master location instead of duplicating each prerequisite to the its product folder. I...