Installing Phidgets runtime as a part of Installation

Phidgets Inc recommends installing specific libraries where possible to avoid redundancy but I found that most computes running windows now have .NET 2.0 more or less.

Now if you ever needed to install Phidgets runtime as a part of your application installer these might be the steps you take.

1. Down load the Phidgets installer MSI from http://www.phidgets.com/downloads.php?os_id=1

2. Place it in the install script for InnoSetup as

   1:  [Files]

   2:  Source: Files\MyApp.exe; DestDir: {app}; Flags: ignoreversion confirmoverwrite comparetimestamp

   3:  Source: Files\Phidget_2.1.3.20080206.msi; DestDir: {tmp}; Flags: ignoreversion confirmoverwrite comparetimestamp deleteafterinstall

3. In the install  run section place an entry like

[Run]Filename: msiexec.exe; Parameters: "/i""{tmp}\Phidget_2.1.3.20080206.msi"""; StatusMsg: Installing Phidgets runtime components ...

OR from the Editor UI (I use ISTool, you can use anyone you like but the options may vary)