What about maintenance mode? If you want to run it on install only, add condition to your custom action:
<InstallExecuteSequence> <Custom Action...>Not Installed</Custom> -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sina Hakami Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 5:55 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] FW: Conditional Custom Actions Hi I'm totally new to MSI and WIX, and I want the MSI to run an executable (.EXE file) during the installation process, but not when the application is being uninstalled. So I used a custom action, and put it inside InstallExecuteSequence, but I don't know what should I do to prevent it from running during uninstall. This is the general format of my WXS file. <Wix> <Product> <Directory> <Component Id="Cmp1"> <File Id="SomeFile"> </Component> </Directory> <Binary Id="MyExecutable" /> <Feature Id="Ftr"> <ComponentRef Id="Cmp1" /> </Feature> <CustomAction Id="DoAction" BinaryKey="MyExecutable" ExecCommand="-CommandParams" /> <InstallExecuteSequence> <Custom Action "DoAction" Sequence="1" /> </InstallExecuteSequence> </Product> </Wix> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users