My solution is to have the CA invoke a DLL, which in turn execs the .exe and interprets the return code. Yes, it's more work, but it works cleanly, and the DLL can hook into the MSI API to write to logs etc.
-----Original Message----- From: DONG LEE [mailto:dongl...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 5:58 PM To: WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Interpreting Return Codes of Executable Custom Action (type 2) Hello, I have some questions regarding processing return codes of a custom action that runs an executable. I have an exe file that I want to execute as a part of the installation process, but the complication is that the exit codes this file returns does not satisfy the type 2 custom action return code requirement. That is, it does not return 0 when it finishes successfully. And this executable is 3rd-party provided, so I can't do anything to the executable itself. There were two solutions that I thought of. The first one was to save the file in msi file table, install the file in some folder, and then to have a vbscript to run the executable, process its return code, and if the file completes successfully, make it return 0 to the msi installation session. Another is to store the file in binary table, have a stub dll extract the file from the database, execute it, and then have it process the return code like I mentioned above. My questions are 1) Does anyone have cleaner and easier solution? 2) For my first solution, would there be any way for me to delete the executable after it is done running? I don't want to use dos commands to do that, and I was hoping that there would be some sort of wix support for this type of scenario. 3) Do you see any benefits to the second solution (use stub dll instead of vbscript) compared to the first one? Thanks! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
