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[Mort]

How do I lauch an MSI package that consists of an .Msi file and a .cab file ?

Installshield for Windows Installer allows me to create a custom action which will add the .MSI file to the setup package, and launch the .MSI file. However the .CAB file needed by the foreign .MSI file isn't included into my own package and trying to include it as a component will not help me.

What is the correct procedure for launching a foreign .MSI/.CAB package ?

(Edited by Mort at 2:23 pm on Sep. 24, 2001)

[zloooooop]

I've got an application install that has the possibility of multiple database installs.  So after the application installs, on the SetupCompleted Successfully dialog, I added a button to launch a CA.  The CA is a vb script file that reads in the Session.Property("SOURCEDIR") and then launches msiexec.exe /i sourcedir\database.msi.  

So essentially the additional install resides on the CD image and is just launched from the main install by a button.  It could easily be tied to a next button, or done automatically.