boomboommusic Posted January 19, 2005 Posted January 19, 2005 Hello,Switch to install silently application are very great, we can make a batch to install a lot of application or make use some hand made work from here to have an interface to install application silently...But what happens when your application after been installed...failed...you have to take your CD and reinstall...With the windows installer technology the program is self repaired if it has acces to the msi file...Wininstall LE is a good free tools to make msi but i have some probleme with it for certains application...I would like to make all my application became MSI files...but i dont know other Free MSI packager...Do you know some of them?thx a lot
Martin Zugec Posted January 19, 2005 Posted January 19, 2005 Repackaging is not as simple as it looks like... U must know the dependencies and structure... Have a look at The Top 10 Myths of Windows Installer Repackaging from Mactovision company
boomboommusic Posted January 19, 2005 Author Posted January 19, 2005 Repackaging is not as simple as it looks like... U must know the dependencies and structure... Have a look at The Top 10 Myths of Windows Installer Repackaging from Mactovision companyThx for your answer...i m ready to learn But i think i have a probleme that only another application can help me to resolve...When i try to make an msi package of Visual Studio Wininstall LE crashing... and Wininstall Full (evaluation) going well so i need another tools For the rest..i m ready to learn
totoymola Posted January 19, 2005 Posted January 19, 2005 soulin is right. It is not that easy. As a starter, I suggest you to practice simple programs only. Then go to more complex ones as you progress.Note: Be sure to repack softwares for your personal use only. Or if it is a freeware/opensource, you can distribute it as long as it has the original EULA, and you don't claim to be the author of the program.Top 10 myth:http://www.installshield.com/downloads/isa...op_10_myths.pdf
totoymola Posted January 19, 2005 Posted January 19, 2005 You might also find this usefull.http://www.installshield.com/downloads/isa...I_repack_wp.pdf
boomboommusic Posted January 19, 2005 Author Posted January 19, 2005 You might also find this usefull.http://www.installshield.com/downloads/isa...I_repack_wp.pdfThx a lot I m hungry of all concerning MSI documentation , tips and toolbox...i am ever an user of Altiris Rapid Install...so i ever know the world of repackaging...i understand that MSI is not a simple repackaging...for me i need to know make msi package THX
Martin Zugec Posted January 19, 2005 Posted January 19, 2005 In that case download Windows Installer SDK http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...&DisplayLang=en
totoymola Posted January 19, 2005 Posted January 19, 2005 Thanks soulin for the link.Additional tools:http://download.microsoft.com/download/pla...-common.3.0.cabExtract the files in the cab files, and rename the files to msi. Not sure if this is the same as soulin's link.
Martin Zugec Posted January 19, 2005 Posted January 19, 2005 Nope - mine is whole WI documentations, yours is WI3.0 runtime...
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