MSI repository

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You may already know this, but 2Simple will happily supply MSI files for all their software. Having said that, some of them are less than perfect!

Heh.. yep... they do to a point but they haven't been written properly for domain users access, so some tweaking is required.. Compared to Granada it's a walk in the park.

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Just to note that I've added the 2Simple instructions to the Wiki here:

 

http://www.russdev.com/edugeek/doku.php?id=2simply_software

 

 

It could probably use a little formatting help

[ZeroHour]

Ahh

Heres one for you law people, what if you guys host the MSI database file (aka not a compacted MSI) which is only the instructions for windows installer deployment. The person has to provide the files in the correct dirs. That means they have to have licenses. You are not hosting the app, just a deployment method

Also transforms would be useful for things like adobe reader, they cant be breach of anything for the same reasons as hosting the msi db file cant be.

 

BTW I also have a transform for executing exe's on a msi for command line silent installs

[ajbritton]

Ahh

Heres one for you law people, what if you guys host the MSI database file (aka not a compacted MSI) which is only the instructions for windows installer deployment. The person has to provide the files in the correct dirs. That means they have to have licenses. You are not hosting the app, just a deployment method

Also transforms would be useful for things like adobe reader, they cant be breach of anything for the same reasons as hosting the msi db file cant be.

 

BTW I also have a transform for executing exe's on a msi for command line silent installs

 

That might be legal, and for apps with just a few files it might even work, but for an app with thousands of files it would be a bit tedious! The provider of the MSI would need to document very carefully all the files. They are listed in the MSI, but it's not trivial to work out where each file should be stored in the install source tree.

 

If there were a tool that took an MSI install and stripped out all the files, documenting as it went, and a corresponding tool which could be used to suck all the files back in, it might just work. Coders... over to you.

[ZeroHour]

Ahh remember though you would get the file structure with some apps when you capture it. That gives a start and I am sure there is a prog that can create a txt of a dir stucture. windirstat *may* do it out of the box and its free

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Finally got somewhere with Granada Toolbox 2..

 

Check the wiki

 

The trick to getting it working was something of a trial and error routine but for anyone using Installer Design Studio it should provide more than a few clues...