Hi,
I have a strange issue:
I have an AI project which covers two builds (default: single msi, webinstaller: exe, with msi and one archive per feature).
As prerequisite i have added the Visual C++ Redistributable package and configured it the pre-install section, with the install condition: Always install (just for debugging)
When i build the webinstaller configuration, AI generates the following files:
my_project.exe (webinstaller, bootstrapper, this file is about 9mb in size)
my_project.msi
MainFeature.cab
All good, the exe file is big! So i assumed, that the c++ redist packages is included in it.
But wait, if i execute the exe file, no full UI of the bootstrapper is displayed, nor the installation of the prerequisites is handled.
The webinstaller ignores the c++ redist pre-requisite for no reason, it only downloads the msi from the configured URL and installs it - thats it.
Is this a advanced installer bug?
What i need:
I need a webinstaller, which downloads a msi from a configured URL and install the c++ redits package before the main installation package,
because the main installation must start a service and the application to start requires the visual c++ redists.