Re: [WiX-users] Problems with CustomAction and major upgrade solved!

2011-05-06 Thread Sam Morris
On Wed, May 04, 2011 at 12:58:09PM -0400, Chris Lord wrote: Chaining installers is a general no-no and Microsoft recommend you don't do it. Second, trying to install software in the Cost Finalise stage is also not a good idea. Installing something using a custom action makes it very

Re: [WiX-users] Problems with CustomAction and major upgrade solved!

2011-05-06 Thread Chris Lord
Hi Sam, One thing to noteThe manual page states the custom action for DirectX runs after InstallFinalize which is right at the end of an installation. You have yours running a lot earlier than that. I don't know the consequences of moving it but you might try just doing as the manual

Re: [WiX-users] Problems with CustomAction and major upgrade solved!

2011-05-06 Thread Sam Morris
On Fri, May 06, 2011 at 10:13:19AM -0400, Chris Lord wrote: Hi Sam, One thing to noteThe manual page states the custom action for DirectX runs after InstallFinalize which is right at the end of an installation. You have yours running a lot earlier than that. I don't know the