.exe -> .msi, something missing :(

simondk · Post by **simondk** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 9:40 am

Hello,

i just made an installer, and tested it as a single .exe, which worked very fine, i have an option with radio buttons were the user selects if the application is to be used for everyone or only the single user.
I preselect everyone, and it works fine in the .exe, but when converting to .msi, there is nothing preselected when i get to that dialogue. Am i missing something, or is it a bug ?

Thanks
.Simon

neillans · Post by **neillans** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:44 am

How are you converting to MSI - Group Policy Wizard?

simondk · Post by **simondk** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 2:12 am

Yes, exactly

neillans · Post by **neillans** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:31 am

The Group Policy Wizard is really only intended for creating msi's for use with Group Policy Deployment systems; these are not interactive.

I'll speak to the Dev team and see what I can find out for you however.

simondk · Post by **simondk** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 6:40 am

thanks, but how do i create an msi if not that way ? if there is an alternative im willing to test it

regards
-Simon

jsmith · Post by **jsmith** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 11:28 am

neillans wrote:The Group Policy Wizard is really only intended for creating msi's for use with Group Policy Deployment systems; these are not interactive.

That's not true according to the InstallAware Reviewer's Guide, which states:

The Group Policy Wizard also permits customizing the command line passed to the embedded InstallAware setup, either by hard-coding a command line in the wizard itself, or by setting the public CMDLINE property of the outer MSI at deployment time on end-user systems. Therefore a single MSI file can be made available for use by both end-users and in corporate deployment scenarios using the Group Policy Wizard.

Has anything ever come of the questions posed in this thread?

simondk · Post by **simondk** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 2:52 am

jsmith wrote:Has anything ever come of the questions posed in this thread?

Hello,
nothing came of this thread, and we have migrated to InstallShield instead.
Best regards,
Simon.

CandiceJones · Post by **CandiceJones** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 4:56 am

Sorry to hear we lost you, but the Group Policy Wizard can now produce MSI files which work both inside and outside Group Policy deployment.

Paul Guthrie · Post by **Paul Guthrie** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 5:26 pm

Hi Candice,

Re.

Group Policy Wizard can now produce MSI files which work both inside and outside Group Policy deployment

Is this in the latest download (Version: 8.01 Last Updated: October 22, 2008)?

The ability to run the MSI outside of Group Policy Deployment is useful for us as way of testing whether the MSI is working (in fact we don't have any other way.)

Thanks,
Paul G

Paul Guthrie · Post by **Paul Guthrie** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 5:32 pm

Hi Candice,

Re.

Group Policy Wizard can now produce MSI files which work both inside and outside Group Policy deployment

Is this in the latest download (Version: 8.01 Last Updated: October 22, 2008)?

The ability to run the MSI outside of Group Policy Deployment is useful for us as way of testing whether the MSI is working (in fact we don't have any other way.)

Thanks,
Paul G

MichaelNesmith · Post by **MichaelNesmith** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 10:38 am

Yes its there.