Re: [WiX-users] How to prompt to terminate process on uninstall

2006-11-06 Thread Jeff MacDuff
Ok a follow up question, Where do I put the uninstall custom action at in the Wix file? My wix file doesnt contain any kind of remove / uninstall sections from what I can tell? -JEff From: Rob Mensching Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 1:02 PM To: Jeff MacDuff;

Re: [WiX-users] How to prompt to terminate process on uninstall

2006-11-06 Thread Peterson, Joel
Hi Jeff. The custom needs be placed in the proper sequence, such as before RemoveAllFiles. WiX, or more accurately MSI, isnt organized towards stages of installation, but allows you to schedule events based on those stages. Joel Peterson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [WiX-users] How to prompt to terminate process on uninstall

2006-10-27 Thread Friedrich, Oliver
Well, since you know the name of the process, you do not need to handle with custom actions for this simple task, just use the kill-program shipped with windows. Try this out: CustomAction Id=StartUserExe.Run Impersonate=yes Return=asyncNoWait Directory=INSTALLDIR

Re: [WiX-users] How to prompt to terminate process on uninstall

2006-10-26 Thread Rob Mensching
Youd have to use a CustomAction like CloseApps to kill off more than just those files that are held in use by a process with a visible window. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 12:53 To:

Re: [WiX-users] How to prompt to terminate process on uninstall

2006-10-26 Thread Jeff MacDuff
Ahh ok.. I understand. Can you tell me more about this CloseApps CA ? Is this an existing item I can just hook into? From: Rob Mensching Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 12:58 PM To: Jeff MacDuff; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] How to prompt to