[wpkg-users] Installing an .exe from a remote server

[heiko.helmle at horiba.com]

> What about .exe? Does anyone have experience with installing .exe from a
> remote server? what is the "install cmd" to install a .exe from a remote
> server?
> 

I'm doing this for quite some time - I'm using a local installed version 
of curl to fetch the exe to a known location and run it from there. You 
can't run an executable from a http-location like you can from a 
SMB-Share.

A


see for example this snippet:

        <variable name="URL" value="
http://xxx/editor/notepadpp/npp.%version%.Installer.exe" />
        <variable name="target" value="%TEMP%\npp-install.exe" />

        <install cmd='"%TOOLDIR%\curl.exe" -f -s -o "%target%" "%url%"'/>
        <install cmd='TASKKILL /F /IM "notepad++.exe"'>
                <exit code='128'/>
        </install>
        <install cmd='"%target%" /S' />
 
        <install cmd='"%COMSPEC%" /C del "%target%"'/>



also I think recent wpkg releases include an external download script that 
you could use which includes checksumming the download.

and there's the <download> tag but it's buggy (no fault of WPKG - it's an 
awkward workaround around WSH deficiencies)
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