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kristian
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by kristian » Wed Aug 29, 2007 11:28 am
Hi people,
I am currently working on an application that requires the final output to be downloaded as an .msi for the user to install on their machine.
Having had a search on google for possible existing discussions/solutions I have drawn a blank.
Has anyone on here ever created an .msi on the fly; gathering all required files from the server and packaging them into an .msi?
Any pointers or links to discussion/resources would be highly appreciated.
Thanks,
Kris...
Begby
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by Begby » Wed Aug 29, 2007 11:46 am
I think this is something where you might want to use ASP.NET. That would give you direct and easy access to the com and .NET objects required to create a .MSI.
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by timvw » Wed Aug 29, 2007 3:35 pm
tools like msbuild and wix can be used to generate msi's... something our buildserver does regularly
kristian
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by kristian » Thu Aug 30, 2007 3:25 am
Thanks for your replies.
Unfortunately .NET isn't a way forward for me as we work in a LAMP environment.
Taking a look at WIX to start with as it has the ability to be run from the command line.
I'll let you know how i get on.
Thanxs,
Kris...