Newbie,,,,,how to force a reboot (MSI Packages)

[barabba]

Hi guys,

I repackaged a legacy application and noticed that only works fine
after a reboot is executed. I would like to include this functionality
in my package but I don't know how to do this. It seems that I should
edit a property, but I haven't understood if it is an existing
property (which table includes this property then ?) or I should make
a new one.

I'm using Wise for Windows Installer (ver. 4).

Thanks for the info.

Bar

 

[Carolyn Napier [MSFT]]

There are a couple of different methods depending upon the requirements of the
setup (can the reboot wait until the end?, must it happen at a certain point?,
etc.). This is primarily accomplished by authoring one of the MSI standard
actions in the InstallExecuteSequence table or setting a specific Installer
property in the Property table of the package. You should also make sure that
you condition the reboot appropriately so that it only happens when required (do
you want a reboot to happen on uninstall as well, or repair?)

The following documentation should provide more information on how to accomplish
this:
(-) <
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/system_reboots.asp >
(-) <
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...us/msi/setup/conditional_statement_syntax.asp >

Hope this helps,
- Carolyn Napier
Microsoft Windows Installer Team

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