MSI installer calling another MSI installer in silent mode using WiX

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Klaus picture Klaus · Apr 7, 2012 · Viewed 12.7k times · Source

I'm using WiX to make an MSI installer to call another MSI installer.

  • I can resolve this situation in UILevel=5 (Full UI) mode. My solution is add a CustomAction to the UISequence table that call another MSI. It will not get error code 1500: "Another installation is already in progress..."
  • But in slient mode, UILevel = 2, I can't do it, because it only runs CustomAction in ExecuteSequence. How can I run my MSI in silent mode and call another MSI installer?

Answer

Wim Coenen picture Wim Coenen · Apr 7, 2012

Install both MSIs with the Burn bootstrapper included with wix 3.6.

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