Create an MSI-file on-the-fly - is that possible?

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Hello Friedrich,

from the F1-help-manual:

"We are able to "plug-in" a MSI compiler and generate
native Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI) files.
This makes it possible to create MSI packages as well
as pure SetupScript installations from the same
SetupBuilder IDE. "

That means, the .MSI gets created on my development machine, together with the
installer.EXE.

Can I create an .MSI-file on the clients client-machine?

Background:

My installer puts a DB-server plus a client-program onto the customers machine.
Both are in separate subdirectories. The client-program gets installed with an
empty INI. The values in this INI depend on the settings the customer
makes.

Usually this client-program gets called by the users via a desktop link.

Now one admin wants to deploy the client-program to the client-machine, using
MSI. So he asked, whether we could provide him with such an .MSI-file.

Well, why not, but because I do not know his settings, I can't deliver any .MSI
upfront for him. The only solution would be, to complete the setup and then,
with all the shenanigan in the INI, make an MSI.

So... is it possible to create an MSI at the clients site?

I expect a simple "no".

However, I wanted to ask.

Thanks in advance!


Regards,
Wolfgang Orth
www.odata.de

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Hi Wolfgang,

> Can I create an .MSI-file on the clients client-machine?

no, you can't create a .MSI-file on the clients client-machine.

Friedrich

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There's always the option to sell another license of SB, though.

Jeff Slarve
www.jssoftware.com


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