Are you custom actions executing deferred? No changes are made to the system until the deferred mode. So the files won't be installed on the system until the deferred sequence.
-----Original Message----- From: Steve Oliver [mailto:ste...@one-slip.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 2:46 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Problem with Custom Action I am writing a couple of managed custom actions. In the first action I need to access an assembly that is installed to the GAC via a merge file as part of the install. The problem is that the assembly does not seem to be available until the installer has completed. <InstallExecuteSequence> <Custom Action="CAConfigureTecSecEnv" After="InstallFinalize">Not REMOVE</Custom> <Custom Action="CAConfigureStorage" After="InstallFiles">Not REMOVE</Custom> </InstallExecuteSequence> Before the method in the custom action executes I get the error, "Could not load file or assembly.". After the install completes I can see that the assembly has been successfully installed but can't access while the installer is running. In the second action I'm trying to read a configuration file that is installed as part of the installation and modify it and write it back to the install directory. I locate the file using. string pathAppConfig = Path.Combine(session.GetTargetPath("INSTALLDIR"), Util.Constants.APP_CONFIG); which gives the path I'm expecting to see. The same kind of problem occurs as in the first. I get a "File not found." error. I've made the assumption that sequencing the action to run After InstallFiles means that all files have been installed to the target directory and are available. It looks like that is not the case. So my question is this, When do files and/or assemblies that are being installed become available to be used in a custom action? Thanks for the assistance. Steve ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ SF.Net email is Sponsored by MIX09, March 18-20, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The future of the web can't happen without you. Join us at MIX09 to help pave the way to the Next Web now. Learn more and register at http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;208669438;13503038;i?http://2009.visitmix. com/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SF.Net email is Sponsored by MIX09, March 18-20, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The future of the web can't happen without you. Join us at MIX09 to help pave the way to the Next Web now. Learn more and register at http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;208669438;13503038;i?http://2009.visitmix.com/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
