I simplified my approach a bit and was able to get the exe to be copied over
(along with a few xml files) and run...
However, now I have a problem where I attempt to open the files when running
the exe, the current directory is set to c:\.
I tried passing in the INSTALLDIR as a parameter to the call, but it is
being passed in as the empty string. Below are the relevant snippets, any
help would be appreciated.
I have tried several flavors of specifying the installdir: INSTALLDIR,
[INSTALLDIR], [INSTALLDIR]
Component Id=RouteGeneratorComponent Guid=
3D12166D-F85B-4f32-8E60-DFD9B8A117DE
File Id=RouteGenerator.exe Source=
$(var.RouteGenerator.TargetDir)RouteGenerator.exe DiskId=1 Name=
RouteGenerator.exe Vital=yes KeyPath=yes /
File Id=RoutingData.xml Source=
$(var.RouteGenerator.TargetDir)RoutingData.xml DiskId=1 Name=
RoutingData.xml Vital=yes /
File Id=RoutingTopology.xml Source=
$(var.RouteGenerator.TargetDir)RoutingTopology.xml DiskId=1 Name=
RoutingTopology.xml Vital=yes /
/Component
Feature Id=ProductFeature Title=Conversation Db Level=1
ComponentRef Id=RouteGeneratorComponent /
ComponentRef Id=FooComponent /
/Feature
...
CustomAction Id=RouteGeneratorExe FileKey=RouteGenerator.exe ExeCommand
='[INSTALLDIR] myParam2 [DBNAME]' Return=asyncNoWait/
InstallExecuteSequence
Custom Action=RouteGeneratorExe After=InstallFinalize /
/InstallExecuteSequence
On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 1:07 PM, Roberto Almanza
[EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
Hi.
I am trying to use a merge module to define an exe that I will then
reference from several wix projects. The merge module definition is below.
I then make the modificaitons to my wix project as specified below.
Ultimately I simply want to have the executable copied to the install
direction and run with the given parameters in each of my wix projects. One
parameter being variable and the other always being the DBNAME(which i give
as a command line parm argument).
I am wondering if I am using merge module correctly? Also wondering if I am
using custom action correctly and if someone could point me to a good
example of doing this or help me repair my error below. I am having a
difficult time going to through the wix documentation to understand the
various Custom Action Types.
Currently my wix project compiles, however I get the following error when
running the installer:
This installation package could not be opened. Contact the application
vendor to verify that this is a valid Windows Installer package.
Thanks.
Wix File Changes:
...
Merge Id =RouteGeneratorModule Language=1033 SourceFile='
$(var.RouteGenerator.TargetDir)RouteGenerator.msm' DiskId='1' /
/
Directory
...
CustomAction Id=CA1 Property=MyParam1 [DBNAME]
Value=RouteGenerator.exe /
InstallExecuteSequence
Custom Action=CA1 After=InstallFinalize /
/
InstallExecuteSequence
Feature Id=ProductFeature Title=Foo Level=1
MergeRef Id=RouteGeneratorModule /
ComponentRef Id=FooId /
/
Feature
...
Merge Module:
?
xml version=1.0 encoding=UTF-8?
Wix xmlns=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi;
Module Id=RouteGenerator Language=1033 Version=1.0.0.0
Package Id=bbd7e4db-dd7a-45b8-a9e9-78de83856d73 Manufacturer=
RouteGenerator InstallerVersion=200 /
Directory Id=TARGETDIR Name=SourceDir
Directory Id=MergeRedirectFolder
Component Id=ModuleComponent Guid=3D12166D-F85B-4f32-8E60-DFD9B8A117DE
File Id=RouteGenerator Source=
$(var.RouteGenerator.TargetDir)RouteGenerator.exe /
/
Component
/
Directory
/
Directory
/
Module
/
Wix
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