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MSIX with Pre-requisites
Hello Team, @John Vintzel We have MSI file which was created from Visual Studio 2017 and i am trying to convert the MSI file into MSIX. My MSIX packaging tool installed properly and I just w...
Hi,
I have a similar problem. I would like to ship an app as an .msix. This app needs to have Sql Server Localdb installed. Our current installer (made by installshield) checks if Localdb is installed, and if not installs it (after having asked the user for permission).
Is it possible to achieve something like that with msix?
Changes made by Microsoft to the PSF may be the best way to go. In your package include the PsfLauncher EXE and PsfRuntime DLL and config.json file. Make PsfLauncher the target of the shortcut. Configure the json file to have PsfLauncher run a script before starting the real app. The script must be in PowerShell, perform the check and install if necessary. There may be a UAC prompt. Not sure what to do with that one, though.