A CustomAction cannot have more than one BinaryKey. The CheckEmailExists function will need to be responsible for extracting any resources it needs from the Binary table as well as cleanup.
Edwin G. Castro Software Developer - Staff Digital Channels Fiserv Office: 503-746-0643 Fax: 503-617-0291 www.fiserv.com Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Hebert [mailto:ke...@legendary-immersion.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 11:14 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Accessing file in MSI before it's installed > > This might sound incredibly silly, but can a custom action have more than one > BinaryKey? I currently have: > > <CustomAction Id="checkEmailExists" BinaryKey="installerDLL" > DllEntry="CheckEmailExists" /> > > Currently, the BinaryKey here is the file that holds the custom action. > But I'm wanting to access a server and root pem file. Thanks. > > On 1/3/2012 12:35 PM, Kevin Hebert wrote: > > Thanks. I'll take a look into that. The function I'm writing that is > > calling the sslConnect function is a custom action in itself. So this > > shouldn't be too difficult. Hopefully. > > > > On 1/3/2012 12:24 PM, Adam Kadzban wrote: > >> You could include the file as a Binary, then have a custom action call it: > >> > >> <Binary Id="MyEXE" SourceFile="..\MyFile.exe" /> <CustomAction > >> Id="DoMyThing" BinaryKey="MyEXE" Execute="deferred" /> > >> > >> -Adam > >> > >> On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Kevin > >> Hebert<ke...@legendary-immersion.com > >>> wrote: > >>> I have an sslConnect function which requires a file that is normally > >>> installed before the function is called. However, due to a change > >>> in what the client wants, I need to call the function before its > >>> installed. Is there a way to access the file before installation? > >>> Thanks. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Kevin Hebert > >>> > >>> > >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> ---------- > >>> Write once. Port to many. > >>> Get the SDK and tools to simplify cross-platform app development. > >>> Create new or port existing apps to sell to consumers worldwide. > >>> Explore the Intel AppUpSM program developer opportunity. > >>> appdeveloper.intel.com/join http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-appdev > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> WiX-users mailing list > >>> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > >>> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> --------- > >> Write once. Port to many. > >> Get the SDK and tools to simplify cross-platform app development. > >> Create new or port existing apps to sell to consumers worldwide. > >> Explore the Intel AppUpSM program developer opportunity. > >> appdeveloper.intel.com/join http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-appdev > >> _______________________________________________ > >> WiX-users mailing list > >> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > >> > >> > > > > > -- > Kevin Hebert > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Write once. Port to many. > Get the SDK and tools to simplify cross-platform app development. Create > new or port existing apps to sell to consumers worldwide. Explore the > Intel AppUpSM program developer opportunity. appdeveloper.intel.com/join > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-appdev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Write once. Port to many. Get the SDK and tools to simplify cross-platform app development. Create new or port existing apps to sell to consumers worldwide. Explore the Intel AppUpSM program developer opportunity. appdeveloper.intel.com/join http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-appdev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
