[SOLVED] WiX Add ExePackage to a Product to install vcredist

WiX Add ExePackage to a Product to install vcredist

I would like to add VC++ Redistributable 2013 to an existing working WiX project. The project consists of one main file with a <Product> element, which contains a <Feature> and an <InstallExecuteSequence> element and some others.

I found out that you can use <ExePackage> from Burn to install an .exe file (in my case the redistributable). I formed a fragment, which looks like this (with help from here):

<Fragment>
    <PackageGroup Id="VC13RedistX86">
      <ExePackage
        Cache="no"
        Compressed="yes"
        PerMachine="yes"
        Permanent="yes"
        Vital="yes"
        Name="Resources\vcredist_x86.exe"
        SourceFile="Resources\vcredist_x86.exe"
        InstallCommand="/install /quiet /norestart">

        <!-- -->
        <ExitCode Value="3010" Behavior="forceReboot"/>
        <!-- Ignore "Newer version installed" error -->
        <ExitCode Value="1638" Behavior="success"/>
      </ExePackage>
    </PackageGroup>
</Fragment>

I would like to know if there is a way to include this into my existing WiX product or no? If there is no way, how can I combine the original installer and the <ExePackage>?

Solution

ExePackage is valid only in a bundle (.exe), not a product (.msi). (The VC++ redistributable is itself a Burn bundle containing MSI packages and MSI packages can't install other MSI packages.)