dasher r3523 - trunk

[pcowans svn gnome org]

Author: pcowans
Date: Sat Apr 26 10:50:31 2008
New Revision: 3523
URL: http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/dasher?rev=3523&view=rev

Log:
* Added notes on production of the setup.exe bootstrap binary.

Modified:
   trunk/INSTALL.Windows

Modified: trunk/INSTALL.Windows
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--- trunk/INSTALL.Windows	(original)
+++ trunk/INSTALL.Windows	Sat Apr 26 10:50:31 2008
@@ -78,8 +78,17 @@
 version of WiX.  If it installs successfully, you should see "Windows 
 Installer XML Version 3.0" listed in the about box of Visual Studio.
 
+setup.exe
+---------
 
+The installation itself is carried out by a small utility, setup.exe, which 
+downloads the .msi file and installs it. This is (a) to ensure that the
+correct version of the Windows Installer is present, and (b) to make sure
+that the installer is run with the right options to enable the desired
+upgrade behaviour.
+
+The setup.exe binary is built from source shipped as part of the MS Platform
+SDK, as si MSIStuff, which is a utility for configuring the resulting
+binary. The whole process is described in MS KB article 888473:
 
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-
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+http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888473
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