This is especially useful when distributing software or sending files to someone who doesn't have an unzipping program such as Winzip. Self-extracting ZIP files are ZIP compatible and are only 12k larger than the original ZIP. The user has much more control over the extraction and installation process than when using a DOS based self-extracting program such as ZIP2EXE from PKWARE. When a user clicks a self-extracting EXE ZIP file, they are presented with an optional icon and customizable message, a default 'Unzip to' directory, and an optional command which runs after Unzip completes (such as INSTALL.EXE or SETUP.EXE). I prefer to keep my packages extracted so SMS 2003 can see the ProductCode inside the MSI file and manage source resilency for me.Creates compressed, ZIP-compatible self-extracting EXE files which are ideal for electronic distribution and software installation. Since your using AdminStudio I assume your an enterprise customer. Sure you can tell the release manager to cache it in Downloaded Installations but when you uninstall the product there is no automated cleanup of the cache.

They extract to a TEMP folder that gets cleaned up and now your screwed for repair. Sure they are nice for easy downloading and installing, but they are a pain from an msi source resolution perspective. Truthly I never liked single setup.exe installs anyways. Who knows, maybe it does in AdminStudio 7, I just don't do repackaging anymore.

Tweak the INI to have your product name and CMDLINE= TRANSFORMS=FOO.MST and then take the combined files and feed it into PackageForTheWeb.īut I agree, it'd be nice if Tuner could do all this for you. You can also build a fake project and steal the setup.exe and setup.ini.

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