VSIX

[bstienst]

I have an existing Advanced Installer that installs my entire product. I want to add a feature that installs a Visual Studio 2015 Plugin. I have the plugin functional and I have a VSIX file and I need Advanced Installer to install the VSIX file as part of installing the feature.

The documentation says to create a VSIX file from Advanced Installer, but since I already have a VSIX I just want to embed this VSIX file in my installer and run it.

I've added the file, but I'm not sure how to make Advanced Installer install the VSIX file. I was hoping it would just do that based on the file type, but that did not happen.

Any ideas?

[Dan]

Hi,

For this, you can follow the steps described in the Create VSIX Installers tutorial to create a project for a Visual Studio Extension installer (VSIX).

Then, you can add the resulted VSIX package as a prerequisite to your existing installation. For details, please take a look on the Add prerequisite article.

Let us know if you have other questions.

Best regards,
Dan

[MarcelloS]

Hi Dan,

Whether I add it as a prerequisite, what about the uninstalling process, does it uninstall the VSIX package as well?

[Catalin]

Hello Marcello,

If the package has an uninstall command line, you can pass that through the "Uninstall using this command line" field from the "Prerequisites" page.

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Hope this helps!

Best regards,
Catalin