MSI

BootStrap

Toolkit

Engine

‘Dumb’ Server

SmartServerAtomGen

CoApp Client (GUI)

CoApp Client (CLI)

Native Windows

APIs

Native Windows

APIs

Native Windows

APIs

Uses

Start by Running .MS

I file

MSI Custom Acton Executes embedded BootStrap.exe and

exits MSI

Bootstrap downloads & installs

CoApp-Engine

Bootstrap calls install(msi_file)

inCoApp-Engine

Start by selecting

package in CoAppGUI

CoApp-Engine determines

dependency graph for pkg

Is CoApp-Engine

installed?

CoApp-Enginedetermines

dependency graph including selected

pkg.

Collection of packages to

install

CoApp-Enginedownloads each pkg

MSI Executed with special parameters to

tell it to install

Complete