Creating an .msi on the fly

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kristian
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Creating an .msi on the fly

Post by kristian »

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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Post by Begby »

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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Post by timvw »

tools like msbuild and wix can be used to generate msi's... something our buildserver does regularly ;)
kristian
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Post by kristian »

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...
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