Re: MSI vs EXE

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The exe is a bootstrapper ,, it will check if installer is availlable on
the system and then launches the msi if not it will display a message or
install the installer module ( if you provided it )

regards

M. Posseth



"David A. Osborn" <dosborn278@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:vwLRe.301735$x96.117874@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Any ideas why my .msi file is building, but apparently the .exe install
> file is not? I don't appear to be getting any build errors or warnings,
> but the date on the file never gets updated.
>
>
> "David A. Osborn" <dosborn278@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:uRHRe.300333$x96.174970@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>> What's the difference between the .msi setup installation file and the
>> .exe setup file for my project? Both were building to the same thing,
>> but after playing around with things (I don't know which setting I hit)
>> the msi file builds, but the .exe does not.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
>>
>
>


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