pemue
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need help to realize my project to combine 2 MSI-Packages

Hi,

I've got 2 msi-Setups.
Setup "A" is to be installed during the installation of setup "B" if the program "A" has not been installed or an older version is installed.
I find no suitable way to realize this.
If I define Setup "A" as "Prerequisite" than I must have an exe-Installation, but thats not possible for me. It must be an MSI installation package to be.
An if I use Setup "A" as a "Chained Package", I must ensure that the MSI package from Setup "A" is also available. My customers will only need to download one package.
Daniel
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Re: need help to realize my project to combine 2 MSI-Package

Hello,

In order to achieve what you want you can add your setup "A" installation package as a feature-based prerequisite to your main installation package. Also, if you want setup "A" to be a downloadable prerequisite, then you can proceed like this:
- Go to "Prerequisites" page and select the "Feature-based" tree node.
- Use the [ New URL Prerequisite ] toolbar button or context menu item and in the "URL" dialog set your prerequisite package URL.
- Build and run your project.

Let us know if this helps, otherwise give us more details about your scenario.

All the best,
Daniel
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