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Is it possible to code prerequisite conditions into an MSI?

eg. if I need my MSI package to have Java JRE, .NET 3.5 etc installed as well, is it possible for the MSI to know that these other installations are required as well?

CJ7
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  • Pretty sure that you need a bootstrapper that checks if the prerequisites are installed, and if not, installs them before your app. Have you checked the documentation or tried anything to get this to work? – Cody Gray - on strike Mar 22 '13 at 04:04

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You'll want to use a bootstrapper/chainer to install the pre-requisites. The WiX toolset comes with a very powerful bootstrapper/chainer called Burn. You can access it via the Bundle element.

Rob Mensching
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