How do I extract MSI from exe?

[OvalPiston]

I am using a bootstrapper that combines an x64 MSI file and a Win32 MSI file into one executable.

Is there a setting somewhere where I can extract the MSI files from the executable?

[OvalPiston]

I'm using a custom bootstrapper, so I don't see the option "Allow MSI file extraction on command line" in the MSI Factory interface.

[OvalPiston]

I solved it. I have in the bootstrapper these entry IDs:

mainscript (Source is mainscript.lua),
_global_functions.lua (Source is Data\_global_functions.lua)
x64setup (Source is setupx64.msi)
Win32setup (Soruce is setupx86.msi)

I then made a backup of "C:\Program Files (x86)\MSI Factory\Bootstrap\Data\_global_functions.lua" so I have the original file if needed.

Then, I modified _global_functions.lua as follows:

In the "function g_ExtractMSICommandArg()", I changed the line

local bExtracted = Archive.ExtractFile("mainsetup", strExtractPath);

to

local bExtracted = Archive.ExtractFile("x64setup", strExtractPath);

The 'x64setup' matches the Source in my custom bootstrapper xml file.

Then, from the command line, it will now extract the setupx64.msi file by running this at the command line:

setup.exe /EXTRACTMSI:c:\temp\setupx64.msi

Hope this helps someone if needed.

[OvalPiston]

BUT...it would be nice to be able to have two extraction options, so if the customer wanted either the x86 or x64 MSI file, they can choose.

[Ulrich]

You can add support for any custom command line arguments, see the global variable: _CommandLineArgs
You could add support for "/extract_x86" or "/extract_x64" or anything else by parsing the command line, and processing the argument if found...

Ulrich