Your entry point wasn't exported in the DLL you packaged:
http://blogs.msdn.com/heaths/archive/2006/08/14/determine-if-the-custom-acti
on-function-is-exported.aspx
Turns out with DTF projects that you can't reference the right DLL to use
using the <Binary SourceFile="$(var.ProjectName.TargetPath)" ... pattern.
You need to instead use <Binary
SourceFile="$(var.ProjectName.TargetDir)ProjectName.CA.dll" ... pattern. I
hope this gets "fixed" in some future release...
In your case, even though you are not using the project reference variables,
you still used the wrong DLL. You should change your Binary tag as follows
(you need the .CA before the .dll in your SourceFile):
<Binary Id='RegisterScriptCA'
SourceFile='C:\Users\oscarn\Documents\Visual Studio
2008\Projects\BusyOnBusy\BusyOnBusy\RegisterScriptCA\bin\Debug\RegisterScrip
tCA.CA.dll'/>
This should work.
-----Original Message-----
From: Oscar Newkerk [mailto:osc...@unifysquare.com]
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 2:15 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Custom Actions
I'm trying to use a custom action in my setup and getting an error when the
MSI runs. The custom action is a DLL written in C# using the Visual Studio
template for custom actions. It's not executing correctly when I run the
setup. Any suggestions as to what I'm doing wrong?
The entry point looks like:
[CustomAction]
public static ActionResult CustomAction1(Session session)
{
_session = session;
_session.Log("Begin RegisterScriptCA");
bool status = RegisterSIPApplication();
if (status)
{
return ActionResult.Success;
}
else
{
return ActionResult.Failure;
}
}
The custom action is defined as:
<Fragment>
<CustomAction Id='RegisterScript' BinaryKey='RegisterScriptCA'
DllEntry='CustomAction1' Execute='immediate'
Impersonate='yes' Return='check'/>
<Binary Id='RegisterScriptCA'
SourceFile='C:\Users\oscarn\Documents\Visual Studio
2008\Projects\BusyOnBusy\BusyOnBusy\RegisterScriptCA\bin\Debug\RegisterScrip
tCA.dll'/>
</Fragment>
And included in the product.wxs file as:
<InstallExecuteSequence>
<Custom Action='RegisterScript' After='InstallFiles'/>
</InstallExecuteSequence>
The Wix package builds OK, but when I run the install, I get an error when
it tries to invoke the custom action:
Action 14:05:01: RegisterScript.
Action start 14:05:01: RegisterScript.
Error 1723. There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A DLL
required for this install to complete could not be run. Contact your support
personnel or package vendor. Action RegisterScript, entry: CustomAction1,
library: C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSIB7.tmp
MSI (s) (5C:EC) [14:05:06:332]: Product: -- Error 1723. There is a problem
with this Windows Installer package. A DLL required for this install to
complete could not be run. Contact your support personnel or package vendor.
Action RegisterScript, entry: CustomAction1, library:
C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSIB7.tmp
Action ended 14:05:06: RegisterScript. Return value 3.
Action ended 14:05:06: INSTALL. Return value 3.
Thanks
Oscar
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