Re: Problem with win32 installer for PG 8.0

We're using the WiX toolset from http://wix.sf.net, along with MingW
from http://www.mingw.org.
You can find the complete source for the installer on the pgFoundry page
at http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller/

//Magnus

>-----Original Message-----
>From: pgsql-general-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
>[mailto:pgsql-general-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of Jasper Potts
>Sent: den 17 januari 2005 19:04
>To: Postgres general mailing list
>Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Problem with win32 installer for PG 8.0
>
>
>I am trying to do something similar with a silent install of postgres
>embedded in another install. What tools are being used to generate the
>Postgres MSI installer? is the source for the installer
>around? This is
>the first time I have ever tried making an installer so any tips very
>welcome. I am currently looking at using the Nullsoft installer maker
>NSIS as its free and has a nice gui to get me started.
>
>Thanks Jasper
>
>Magnus Hagander wrote:
>
>>>Oh, and as for uninstalls and silent installations, Inno
>>>Setup also provides that functionality automatically. It can
>>>wrap the installation into a single EXE file, it can do disk
>>>spanning, custom install types, compressed data in the
>>>install file, creation of desktop/start menu shortcuts,
>>>registry entries, multilingual installs, etc. -- it's
>>>actually quite powerful, and it's free.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>I'm sure it provides this - otherwise, it'd be unusable ;-)
>But how well
>>does it deal with other installatio programs that stuff files all over
>>the place? MSI contains a central database of your installed files
>>(assuming ppl use MSI, of course). InnoSetup might have that for it's
>>own installs, but it can't very well have it for others.. And
>the trend
>>is that everybody moves to MSI (InstallShield and Wise both
>go with MSI
>>now, which is by far the majority of the market)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>Another advantage: you can only run one MSI installer at a
>>>time, but Inno Setup does not have that limitation. To embed
>>>a silent install of an MSI program into my installer, I
>>>couldn't very well use an MSI file (even if I really wanted
>>>to), could I?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>AFAIK, you can. This is exactly how we do the language
>wrapper - one MSI
>>launching another.
>>
>>//Magnus