Re: MSI based wrapper for other installs?
- From: Jason Swager <jswager@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 12:15:02 -0700
Markus Spoettl (toolsfactory) wrote:
I'm looking for a simple way to generate an MSI based installer wrapper for another setup program.?
Alternatively, is there an MSI based installer generator with the ease of use of Inno Setup?
The reason for this is that many big corporations have policies in place that prevent them from using software that does not come with an MSI installer, allegedly for reasons of easier deployment.
I would recommend WiX (http://wix.sourceforge.net/), it makes it much easier to build MSI files, although you still have to understand MSI technology, terminology and process.
Wrapping another setup program in a MSI file is probably a very poor idea. One of the reasons that "many big corporations" are wanting MSI files is because MSI files (when properly written) have certain attributes that make them attractive for easy, robust, and configurable distribution (SMS deployable, COM controllable, consistent logging, access controllable, administrative installs, advertising (yuck) - just to name a few). Not all other setup applications/frameworks have the same benefits. If you wrapped one of those other setup apps in a MSI, you might get by the requirement of having a MSI install, but when that "big corporation" discovers that it doesn't work like a proper MSI, they probably won't be very happy.
Jason Swager
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