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-----Original Message----- From: Joe Damato [mailto:j...@boundary.com] Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2012 12:44 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] custom action dll not getting called, debugging advice thanks everyone for the replies. i've changed: <CustomAction Id="CheckingSecurityToken" BinaryKey="libprovisionmeter" DllEntry="provision_meter_msi"/> to: <CustomAction Id="CheckingSecurityToken" BinaryKey="libprovisionmeter" DllEntry="provision_meter_msi" Execute="firstSequence"/> and i left my InstallExecuteSequence sequence intact and now the logfile output from the MSI shows that the MSI is attempting to call into my DLL during both UI and non-UI installs. i have now been trying to decipher this error message: MSI (s) (C4:28) [12:26:21:886]: Product: bProbe Package -- 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 CheckingSecurityToken, entry: provision_meter_msi, library: C:\Windows\Installer\MSIF7C7.tmp i'm running the MSI on a windows 7 machine, but my dll (written in pure C) is a 32bit binary. maybe i need to pass some sort of switch to WiX to get it generate a 32bit friendly MSI? On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 2:13 PM, Rob Mensching <r...@robmensching.com> wrote: > I also like to add an AssertSz(FALSE, "Debug here"); from the wcautil.h. > That pops up a dialog box with all the information what process to > attach to (since there will be multiple msiexec's). If the assert > doesn't fire, then I know the problem is with the CustomAction scheduling. > > Of course, remembering to take out the Assert FALSE is important too. > Wish I could say I never forget to do that. <smile/> > > On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 11:28 AM, Hoover, Jacob > <jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com>wrote: > > > This really smells like > > > > > 71 <CustomAction Id="CheckingSecurityToken" > > > BinaryKey="libprovisionmeter" DllEntry="provision_meter_msi" /> > > > > Is actually > > > > <CustomAction Id="CheckingSecurityToken" BinaryKey="libprovisionmeter" > > DllEntry="provision_meter_msi" Execute="firstSequence" /> > > > > In non UI installs, only the InstallExecute sequence runs. In full > > blown installs, both sequences run. To debug the calling of the > > custom action, > I > > would recommend looking at your MSI with a tool like Orca or instead > > to > see > > the actual sequence. From there you can look at the actions > > happening in your log file right before or after you expect your > > custom action to be called. Another thing to do would be to > > introduce logging via the MSI > API's > > inside your custom action for the beginning and ending points. > > > > Jacob > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Joe Damato [mailto:j...@boundary.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 1:13 PM > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] custom action dll not getting called, > > debugging advice > > > > hi - > > > > this morning i tried installing my msi without using a full UI and > noticed > > that the logfile output by the installer shows the dll getting hit. > > > > it seems that InstallExecuteSequence (or the way i am using it) only > > happens during non-UI installs. i am currently reading docs about > > InstallUISequence to understand how to fix this when users do a UI > install. > > > > is there an example somewhere in the docs incorporating both > > InstallExecuteSequence and InstallUISequence? > > > > joe > > > > On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 3:26 PM, Joe Damato <j...@boundary.com> wrote: > > > > > hi - > > > > > > i've written a dll which hits a REST api that my app needs to hit > > > to register its existence with the server, but for some reason or > > > another it seems that my dll is not being hit. i've built a simple > > > exe that links against the dll and that exe works, so i know my > > > dll works at least when linked against by something other than my MSI. > > > > > > my custom dialog is rendering correctly, however when i enter some > > > text into the edit field and click Next, i immediately get a "The > > > key is not valid. Verify that you entered the correct key." > > > message that i assume is some sort of built in message (?). > > > > > > i tried to follow along with the SampleCA example ( > > > http://wix.tramontana.co.hu/system/files/samples/SampleCA.zip) and > > > here's the relevant snippets from my files (i've pasted the full > > > contents of the files here: > https://gist.github.com/f9388332734cca9eb722 > > ): > > > > > > 59 <Binary Id="libprovisionmeter" > > SourceFile="libprovisionmeter.dll" > > > /> > > > 60 > > > 61 <UI Id="MyWixUI_InstallDir"> > > > 62 <UIRef Id="WixUI_InstallDir"/> > > > 63 <DialogRef Id="SecurityTokenDlg"/> > > > 64 <Publish Dialog="LicenseAgreementDlg" Control="Next" > > > Event="NewDialog" Value="SecurityTokenDlg" > > > Order="2">LicenseAccepted = "1"</Publish> > > > 65 <Publish Dialog="WelcomeDlg" Control="Back" > Event="NewDialog" > > > Value="SecurityTokenDlg">1</Publish> > > > 66 </UI> > > > 67 > > > 68 <WixVariable Id="WixUILicenseRtf" Value="license.rtf" /> > > > 69 <UIRef Id="WixUI_ErrorProgressText" /> > > > 70 > > > 71 <CustomAction Id="CheckingSecurityToken" > > > BinaryKey="libprovisionmeter" DllEntry="provision_meter_msi" /> > > > 72 <CustomAction Id="RefuseSecurityToken" Error="Invalid security > > > token. Installation aborted." /> > > > 73 > > > 74 <InstallExecuteSequence> > > > 75 <Custom Action="CheckingSecurityToken" After="CostFinalize" > /> > > > 76 <Custom Action="RefuseSecurityToken" > > > After="CheckingSecurityToken">SECURITYTOKENACCEPTED = "0" AND NOT > > > Installed</Custom> > > > 77 </InstallExecuteSequence> > > > > > > from my SecurityTokenDlg: > > > > > > 6 <Control Id="SecurityTokenLabel" Type="Text" X="45" Y="97" > > > Width="80" Height="10" TabSkip="no" Text="&Security Token:"/> > > > 7 <Control Id="SecurityTokenEdit" Type="Edit" X="45" Y="109" > > > Width="250" Height="16" Property="SECURITYTOKEN" /> > > > 8 <Control Id="Back" Type="PushButton" X="180" Y="243" > > > Width="56" Height="17" Text="&Back"> > > > 9 <Publish Event="NewDialog" > > > Value="LicenseAgreementDlg">1</Publish> > > > 10 </Control> > > > 11 <Control Id="Next" Type="PushButton" X="236" Y="243" > > > Width="56" Height="17" Default="yes" Text="&Next"> > > > 12 <Publish Event="ValidateProductID" Value="0">1</Publish> > > > 13 <Publish Event="SpawnWaitDialog" > > > Value="WaitForCostingDlg">CostingComplete = 1</Publish> > > > 14 <Publish Event="NewDialog" > > > Value="WelcomeDlg">ProductID</Publish> > > > 15 </Control> > > > > > > and the associated header file of my dll: > > > > > > int __stdcall __declspec(dllexport) > > > provision_meter_msi(MSIHANDLE hInstall); > > > > > > any suggestions on what else i could do to extract some more debug > > > information from my MSI to track down where things are going awry? > > > > > > joe > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- > > Live Security Virtual Conference > > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. > > Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the > > latest in malware threats. > > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- > > Live Security Virtual Conference > > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. > > Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the > > latest in malware threats. > > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > -- > virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. > Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the > latest in malware threats. > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. 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