How to Run An Application From Within An Installation Part 1. I cant begin to tell you how many people want to launch another application from within an installation. I get emails from people asking how to do it. I get clients who want to do it. I even dream about doing it. I cant even get a decent nights sleep without thinking up new ways to do this cursed task. N.png' alt='Installshield Custom Dialog Examples' title='Installshield Custom Dialog Examples' />Heres a typical request I get Client   We want to call a second installation program from within our main installation, and have that second installation call a third application which will then call a fourth installation that in turn calls a fifth application. Me   Aaaaaa, okay. Client   Oh, I almost forgot. We need the fifth application to call a couple of other minor installation programs. You can do that, cant you Me   Youre talking about five levels of nested applicationsClient   Right. Thats not a problem, is it Me   Oh, no. Its done all the time. Lets talk about how to actually do this. We wont talk about doing five levels of nested applicationsinstallations, but rather just one level. Item Templates are used by VS developers to create files using the Add New Item dialog. SideWaffle already contains a number of Item Templates such as Angular. For InstallShield MSI based projects I have found the following to work setup. CFolderInWhichMSIWillBeExtracted vqn This command will lead to an. Calling another applicationinstallation from within a main installation. Thats enough work as it is. Here is a list of the more common methods used to run an application Prerequisites. Chained MSIs. Launch an Executable Custom Action. Managed Code Custom Action. Comparison/IS_DE.jpg' alt='Installshield Custom Dialog Examples Conversation' title='Installshield Custom Dialog Examples Conversation' />Launch. App, Launch. App. And. Wait, or Launch. Application. I would always choose to use a Prerequisite first, if at all possible. If one didnt exist, I would create one. When the application to run is an MSI file, I might use a Chained MSI. If the application is an executable, I might use a Launch an Executable Custom Action. I could also choose to run the application from a Managed Code Custom Action. As a last resort, I would call one of the Launch. App functions. The method I choose ultimately depends on what the application is and the options I have for running it. In Part 1, I will briefly touch on Methods 1, 2, 3, and 4. In Part 2, I will talk about Method 5. From my experience, thats the one that gets most people into trouble. Prerequisites. If the application you want to run is another installation program, you could choose to run it by way of a Prerequisite. A Prerequisite is an installation for a product or technology framework that is required to be installed on the users system before your product is installed. Thats why its called a Prerequisite. Examples of Prerequisites are Windows Installer 4. NET Framework 3. 5 SP1, and SQL Server 2. Express R2. Prerequisites are run before the main installation takes place. Prerequisites can be added to any of the three main Install. Shield project types, Basic MSI, Install. Script MSI, and Install. Script, just as long as your Release contains Setup. How To Install Hping On Windows. The reason is because the Prerequisite is launched by Setup. Setup. exe acts as a bootstrapper to launch the Prerequisite, and also elevates the Prerequisite process so that it is run with the proper privileges. Redistributables View showing some Prerequisites. Prerequisites are found in the Redistributables view of the IDE. If you find that Install. Shield doesnt include a Prerequisite that you need, you can create your own. To do this, you use the Prerequisite Editor. A Prerequisite can include multiple files, one of them being a Setup. MSI file. Generally, the options for a Prerequisite will include one that runs the installation in quiet mode. That way the user wont have to interact with the Prerequisite installation. Prerequisite creation is a very worthwhile skill to learn, and there will be times when it will save your butt because no other option is available. A final point about Prerequisites is that you could take the Prerequisite files and run them as a stand alone installation. Chained MSIs. Beginning with Windows Installer 4. Chained MSIs. Obviously were talking about the Windows Installer here, so Chained MSIs will only be available in Basic MSI or Install. Script MSI projects. Chained MSIs are multiple packages that are installed using transaction processing. When you use Chained MSIs, all of the packages are installed in a single transaction, thereby bypassing the Windows Installer limitation that permits only one Execute sequence to be run at a time. You set up a Chained MSI in the Releases view of the IDE. Releases View showing the setup for Chained MSIs. In this screenshot, you see there is a CD ROM release and two Chained MSI applications. When the release is run, the main installation is run along with the installations for the two Chained MSI packages. When would you not be able to use a Chained MSI That would be when your secondary installation is a Setup. MSI file. Launch an Executable Custom Action. If you are using a Windows Installer type of installation, either Basic MSI or Install. Script MSI, you could choose to run your application with the Launch an Executable Custom Action. However realistically, you would probably only do this with a Basic MSI installation. In an Install. Script MSI installation, I would just call one of the Launch. App functions from the script. Here is a screenshot showing the selection for creating the New EXE Custom Action. Custom Actions and Sequences View showing the New EXE Custom Action. With this type of Custom Action, you can specify the Executable file, the Command Line, in addition to the usual Custom Action parameters. Managed Code Custom Action. If you are using a Windows Installer type of installation, you could choose to use a Managed Code Custom Action. Here is a screenshot showing the New Managed Code type of Custom Action. Custom Actions and Sequences View showing the New Managed Code Custom Action. When you create the Custom Action, you will be asked to specify the DLLClass Library, the parameters and the return value. Do not enter the parameters and return value manually Rather, select them from the drop down lists. I have found that entering them manually can often cause problems. You can write your class library in the language of your choice. I always use C, but thats just my preference. The managed code routine will need to call an appropriate. NET function to run your application. 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