Geoshine
15th August 2002 19:16 UTC
NSIS and MSM???
Hey all,
I'm hoping some of you have maybe run into this before. I'm trying to package up an application I've written, and it has a dependency on another package which is being distributed solely in the MSM format. I think other installers (like the VB and Visual Studio ones) just natively know what to do with an MSM file. Well... I didn't see anything in the documentation regarding MSM files. Or maybe I'm just being dim, and the file just needs to be 'executed' somehow or aomething. Any thoughts?
- G
Sunjammer
15th August 2002 19:21 UTC
What an Earth is an MSM file? A search on Google didn't tell me anything helpful. You don't perchance mean MSI do you? (wotsit.org didn't know what it is either)
[edit]okay they are MSI merge modules, now I know what they are I'll have a look see if I can help...[/edit]
[edit]Well I found this but it's not particularly useful... good luck, I've got too much to do to chase this any further I'm afraid[/edit]
kichik
15th August 2002 20:22 UTC
From what I understand after reading some docs at MSDN an MSM file is like an include file for MS installer projects.
NSIS doesn't work with MSI, as you have might already noticed :)
I would suggest you build a simple, quite, MSI file that just includes your MSM file and launch it (just use ExecWait) from within your NSIS installer.
Geoshine
16th August 2002 03:55 UTC
Originally posted by kichik
I would suggest you build a simple, quite, MSI file that just includes your MSM file and launch it (just use ExecWait) from within your NSIS installer.
The whole reason I'm using NSIS in the first place is because I don't have access to the VB or Visual dev studio to get access to their installer programs. And because I'd rather not support M$ given choice, which NSIS happily gives me.:cool:
Anyways .... I'm going to try to contact the .... hmm ... I just had a thought. I *do* have access to an MSI file for that program. Excellent idea. Well... thanks all!
- G
pkendall
14th August 2003 03:29 UTC
Ok, you can install an MSM by using msiexec like this
ExecWait 'msiexec /i blah.msm /qn'
That'll silently installit. Of course this'll only work on systems that have msiexec installed ;)