How to distribute LabView software to workstations via MSI's

We are repackaging software for a client. Several of these applications are LABVIEW related.
We found that most of the installation software excists of an executable and several msi's. Creating a new MSI from a snapshot (with wise) results in a MSI that does not work properly. This is te result of several issues comming together.
For several applications the creation of a MST per vendor MSI results in more then 7 msi/mst combinations for one application. The distribution system (Radia Novadiym) can handle max 7 MSI'S per application.
Is there a way to create one msi that can install all parts of the application.
Or is there a way to give extra info to the setup.exe so the installation is silent and the option needed are installed (these differ from the default settings)?
My attention goes to Vision Assistent 7.1.0.
with kind regards
Clemens de Brouwer

Adam,
You ve to go thro' this thread to get a clear picture about creating installers from LV 8.x upwards.
http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=170&message.id=181107#M181107
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