I need to include the full .NET 3.5 sp1 installer into my installer, which is in WiX.
I need that boostrapper to be entirely self contained, with no web access at all. It is just not allowed for this installer to require the web; we have customers in outer Mongolia (I'm serious, not just using the place name because it's remote) to whom we ship CDs because they do not have internet access at all.
The WiX tutorial states:
<Target Name="AfterBuild">
<GenerateBootstrapper ApplicationFile="$(TargetFileName)"
ApplicationName="My Application Name"
BootstrapperItems="@(BootstrapperFile)"
ComponentsLocation="Relative"
CopyComponents="True"
OutputPath="$(OutputPath)"
Path="C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\Bootstrapper\"/>
</Target>
The above bootstrapper requires the web. How do I make an installer that does not?
Setup tab > Run after execution input: your msi file name. Advanced tab > Mark Request Administrative access option checkbox.
<Project ToolsVersion="3.5"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<ItemGroup>
<BootstrapperFile Include="Microsoft.Net.Framework.3.5.SP1" >
<ProductName>.NET Framework 3.5 SP1</ProductName>
</BootstrapperFile>
<BootstrapperFile Include="Microsoft.Windows.Installer.3.1" >
<ProductName>Windows Installer 3.1</ProductName>
</BootstrapperFile>
</ItemGroup>
<Target Name="setup">
<GenerateBootstrapper
ApplicationFile="myproduct.msi"
ApplicationName="myproduct"
BootstrapperItems="@(BootstrapperFile)"
Path="$(bootstrapperPackagesFolder)"
ComponentsLocation="Relative"
OutputPath="$(cddir)"
Culture="en"/>
</Target>
</Project>
In your case, the $(bootstrapperPackagesFolder)
variable would point to C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\Bootstrapper\
. The $(cddir)
variable is the folder where you compose the content of your installation CD.
The GenerateBootStrapper
task will not only generate a bootstrapper exe, but will also copy a DotNetFX35SP1
and a WindowsInstaller3_1
folder to the same location. During installation, the bootstrapper exe will look for those folders and use the files in there, rather than downloading them.
I'm not sure if my example is different from what you are already doing; maybe you just forgot to include the DotNetFX35SP1
folder on the installation CD?
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