i want to do which should be the easiest thing in the world. i have a msi, i want that msi in a setup.exe. thats it, why is that so confusing to accomplist in installshield?
help?
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Posted by:
jaybee96
11 years ago
1. why would you like to do this?
2. You can use the "open as" option in Installshield and choose the wizard to convert the MSI to ISM .. then you have the release wizard which can create a setup
3. You can use the SUITE installer ( if you have AdminStudio Enterprise or Installshield Spring 2012 Premier)
4. or you can repackage.. but that is not recommended.
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1. it is just my companys standard that they want, all installation packages have to be in a single setup.exe file to make it easy for the techs and just for conformity. the setup.exe should have a splash screen, (which i figured out) and write to two seperate log files, one verbose, the other just a start and stop time in a seperate log. if i have an ism i can make this happen no problem, with a plain msi it is problematic. i do have Installshield Spring 2012 Premier. I am going to try the SUITE installer next. thx for your help, greatly appreciated. - rodpatt 11 years ago
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Also, dont forgot to add set the Shallow Folder structure option to YES... http://www.itninja.com/blog/view/installshield-release-options - ekgcorp 11 years ago
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Have you tried using iexpress from within Windows? I use that for making vbscript exe's all the time. - sccmskin 11 years ago
Posted by:
anonymous_89149
11 years ago
Alternatively use a 3rd party utility like AutoIt to put create a setup.exe wrapper around the msi. (http://www.autoitscript.com/site/autoit/downloads/)
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i will give that a try also, thx. - rodpatt 11 years ago