Monday, July 4, 2011

Simfund Client - MSI Package

A main installation executable creates a temp folder containing the installation resources including an MSI.  An Installshield engine is also installed at this time.  Within the temp folder is an si_install.txt file which gives hints on how this can be installed silently.  Attempting to create a direct transform of the MSI file for installation was not possible which seemed to be due to the interoperation of the simfundclient.exe (setup.exe) and the vendors MSI custom actions.  Certain choices during the installation can be set to copy (possibly large amounts of) data from a network location to the client.  This can cause the installation to take a long time.