I'm trying to combine my package in a single setup EXE file and upload it to the Internet.
I have created a Microsoft bootstrapper that contains Setup.exe with project MSI output, and pre-requisite .NET Framework 2.0, Windows Installer 3.1 , Visual C++ 2005 redistributables, and Microsoft ReportViewer. I have created a setup project using Visual Studio 2008.
Now I'm trying to create a single compressed setup using WiX 3.6. I have installed it in Visual Studio 2008.
I have attached the setup.exe and MSI file using following commands.
<ExePackage SourceFile ="setup.exe" Compressed ="yes"/>
<MsiPackage SourceFile ="myproject.msi" Compressed ="yes" />
But it is unable to find the MSI file. How can I include the above prerequisites with it?
Or can I download the above prerequisites from the Internet while installing? How do I do it?
I have removed the default setup.exe
from Visual Studio and used the MSI file and dependencies from Visual Studio to create a WiX 3.6 Bootstrapper:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi"
xmlns:bal="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/BalExtension"
xmlns:util="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension">
<Bundle Name="My Application"
Version="1.0"
IconSourceFile ="E:\logo.ico"
Manufacturer="My company"
UpgradeCode="4dcab09d-baba-4837-a913-1206e4c2e743">
<BootstrapperApplicationRef Id="WixStandardBootstrapperApplication.RtfLicense">
<bal:WixStandardBootstrapperApplication
LicenseFile="E:\License.rtf"
SuppressOptionsUI ="yes"
LogoFile ="logo.ico" />
</BootstrapperApplicationRef>
<Chain>
<ExePackage
SourceFile ="ReportViewer\ReportViewer.exe"
Compressed ="yes"
Vital ="no"
Permanent ="yes"/>
<ExePackage
SourceFile ="vcredist_x86\vcredist_x86.exe"
Compressed ="yes"
Vital ="no"
Permanent ="yes"/>
<MsiPackage
SourceFile ="MySetup.msi"
Compressed ="yes"
DisplayName ="My Application"
ForcePerMachine ="yes"/>
</Chain>
</Bundle>
</Wix>
It compresses into an single EXE file with prerequisites.