I can't find where this window comes from in the Wix project. I did't find it in the project's. I am using the default sets and a few dlls.
That's not a WiX dialog; it's part of PostgreSQL.
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I am trying to install software using command prompt using below command
start /wait /d "C:\abc" C:\Users\abc.exe /silent /norestart
I want to install software in c:\abc folder but it is installing in the software default directory. Is there any way to install it into the custom directory using the start command or are there any other alternatives to install the software on the target directory.
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This may be the most "accessible" and "quick" explanation for your particular case: http://unattended.sourceforge.net/installers.php
If you are dealing with an MSI file, you should use the admin install feature to extract all the installation files first and then customize your install by setting public properties or utilizing a transform to configure the install. Details here: How to make better use of MSI files.
See the link towards the bottom to find a list of different parameters you can use for different types of setup.exe files.
DETAILS:
A setup.exe file can be "anything". It can be an old, legacy Installshield or Wise installer, a modern Windows Installer file (MSI) embedded in a setup.exe launcher, an Inno setup file (non MSI), an embedded Advanced Installer MSI setup, a compressed and self-extracting zip file, a unique and custom made installer (proprietary), or any number of other technologies, the list goes on and on and on - it is impossible to tell what tool or technology was used to create your setup.exe from the information supplied.
Just for reference, let's link to installsite.org's information on different setup technologies and available tools. Most likely your setup.exe is made using one of these tools:
Non-MSI installer tools: http://www.installsite.org/pages/en/tt_nonmsi.htm
Windows installer tools: http://www.installsite.org/pages/en/msi/authoring.htm
This may also be of help: Wix - How to run/install application without UI.
The point is, naturally, that every, different technology has its own way to enable silent installation and to customize installation parameters. So the first step for you is to determine what this file really is. Right click the file, select properties and check the details tab for any clues. Or just run the setup.exe interactively and see what the window title is (top window title bar). It will generally indicate what tool was used to create the setup.exe.
Rather than rewriting it all, and since it is a stackoverflow link (unlikely to be removed), I will just link to a similar answer on how to install setup.exe files silently: How can I use powershell to run through an installer?. See the "some links" section for links to documentation for various tools.
I am writing a script that pulls files from my development folders and would like to generate an installer with those files.
I would like to if there is a way to create MSI installers using command line.
Yes there is a way. The very flexible Windows Installer XML Toolset. A pretty good tutorial on how to use it is this link
The toolset is here
I think you need to define "create". If you mean "build" or "compile" then yes, pretty much every MSI authoring tool out there supports some form of automated build ... usually even MSBuild support.
If you mean "author" and "build" it's technically possible but not usually advised. Installation is too complicated to be auto magically developed.
I have a browser plugin written in FireBreath and have a msi package genearted.
I packed the msi in a cab file in order to provide IE users automatic installation.
However, my plugin use DirectX, so I would like to install DirectX along with my plugin.
How do I trigger the DirectX installation? from the msi installer? the inf file?
Thanks in advance!
Have you looked at this? http://blogs.msdn.com/b/astebner/archive/2008/07/31/8797084.aspx
or this? http://blogs.msdn.com/b/astebner/archive/2008/06/05/8576818.aspx
How about this? http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/install_directx9.htm
Those are the first three results on google when searching for "wix installer directx" and they seem to fit the bill nicely...
I've got a XLL Addin and I'm trying to run it under Excel 2007 XP without VBA installed.
My addin is well registered (OPEN key as /R "C:\Program Files (x86)\MyAddin\myAddin.xll" in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Excel\Options). When debuging, I see that DLLMain is called... but not xlAutoOpen (neither others xlSomethings functions): my UDFs are thus not registered (it was done in xlAutoOpen).
Do I miss something ? Do I absolutly need VBA installed ? If yes, is there another way to avoid installing it ?
I had the same issue. When I installed Office I deliberately did not install any Excel Add-Ins -- it looks like this actually cripples the loading of any future Add-ins.
After running the Office installer again and choosing to install the 'built-in' Add-Ins, I finally hit my xlAutoOpen breakpoint.
We have a windows app and we were using Wise for deployment. Recently we switched to InstallAware and though it has some good points we are facing some issues. Can someone recommend another deployment and packaging app? We are a small company and we do not have a dedicated staff for packaging etc. Also our package includes SQL server express installation and we would love to have the simplicity of such includes as is in IA.
How about NSIS or InnoSetup? They're both widely used, and not that hard to use. (If you choose InnoSetup, also download ISTool, it's a lot easier than writing the script file manually.)
We've used NSIS several times, both for full regular desktop installers, and for small, silently installing patches. It's easy to write a basic installer, especially if you use HM NIS Edit which acts as a wizard and IDE for NSIS. Because it's scriptable, you'll be able to check if SQL Server Express is already installed - if not, it can be installed as part of your installer process.
I have never used anything but Windows Setup and the setup projects that come with Visual Studio. Do you have any unusual requirements that prevent you from doing that?
I assume your requirement as follows,
You are using wise package studio to create\customize the application to create MSI and these msi package will be deployed or installed to your environment.
My question is : How many desktops \laptops are their in your company (Infrastructure)
Solution to your question based on my assumption:
At present Admistudio is the best product to replace the Wise and you can use Installshield repackager to create or customize the applications.
Install anyware is used to customize the Dll files (Build and release method) and create custom actions in that build file and build it to MSI
Installshield Repackager is used to create MSI from Exe files and also customize existing MSI using transform file (no need to modify existing MSI instead we can create MST file to MSI and perform the customization to MST file and same file will be applied while deployment.)
Please let me know if you need further assistance.