Packaging an EXE
This is probably a stupid question but I'm going to ask it away because, as they say, the only stupid question is the one that you don't ask. Anyway, I have an application I need to package that's an EXE. The EXE launches an MSI during the installation. So what I did was take out the MSI from the EXE and try to apply a transform to it. However, during SetupCapture (Wise Package Studio), I get the following error:
"This installation cannot be run by directly launching the MSI package. You must run setup.exe."
I know this is bad practice, but what would happen if during the SetupCapture I ran the installation through the EXE, applied the transform, and captured it as an MSI. Would one MSI call the other one (wrapped in the EXE)?
"This installation cannot be run by directly launching the MSI package. You must run setup.exe."
I know this is bad practice, but what would happen if during the SetupCapture I ran the installation through the EXE, applied the transform, and captured it as an MSI. Would one MSI call the other one (wrapped in the EXE)?
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Posted by:
KrisBcn
17 years ago
Hi dpolishsensation!
You posted a similar question :"MSI Embedded within an EXE "
you can apply that answers to this new question...
KrisBcn
You posted a similar question :"MSI Embedded within an EXE "
you can apply that answers to this new question...
KrisBcn
Posted by:
nheim
17 years ago
Hi Marek,
don't get me wrong on this: We are trying to help really hard here, but please do you're homework before you post!
That means at least: Search trough the forums here (use the forums search button on the lower menu bar, not the one for the site on the top bar).
Have a look at the 'Packaging knowledge base', maybe your problem is already solved there.
And if you post here, please tell us enough about your problem, the exact application etc. so we get a picture real soon, what's going on, without asking basic question all the time.
Hope you understand this.
Regards, Nick
don't get me wrong on this: We are trying to help really hard here, but please do you're homework before you post!
That means at least: Search trough the forums here (use the forums search button on the lower menu bar, not the one for the site on the top bar).
Have a look at the 'Packaging knowledge base', maybe your problem is already solved there.
And if you post here, please tell us enough about your problem, the exact application etc. so we get a picture real soon, what's going on, without asking basic question all the time.
Hope you understand this.
Regards, Nick
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