Awesome thanks Blair, I'm going to try as suggested and output some log from the script itself to a separate log file.
-----Original Message----- From: Blair Murri [mailto:os...@live.com] Sent: 03 July 2013 01:22 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] CAQuietExec64 log output to log file Determining success or failure is usually done from the exit code. Any code other than 0 is considered by Windows Installer to be a failure. Normally we do want to see output from our scripts, preferably in the same log. I haven't used powershell in custom actions so I haven't looked to see how to set the codepage of the "console", that may be what is needed. If you can't get the console spew right, you could try writing your own log file from your script. If you use environment variables from within your script to place the location of the log, know that variables such as TEMP may or may not differ from the invoking user for actions set to not impersonate (it may vary by platform or some other setting) so you may or may not have to search for the system temp for your log. > From: christoffe...@flowcentric.com > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > CC: os...@live.com > Subject: RE: [WiX-users] CAQuietExec64 log output to log file > Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2013 10:43:13 +0000 > > Ahh thanks a bunch Blair, my script indeed output some text while executing > for logging purposes, so then I assume that no output should be returned from > the script except for the exit code? How do you know when something goes > wrong from reading the log file? Is it possible to achieve? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Blair Murri [mailto:os...@live.com] > Sent: 03 July 2013 11:23 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] CAQuietExec64 log output to log file > > Your string starting with 8? is the output from the script (with '?' used for > all unmapped chars). My guess is that your script is returning wide chars > while CAQuietExec is expecting whatever your system's default codepage is. > > > From: christoffe...@flowcentric.com > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2013 08:25:34 +0000 > > Subject: [WiX-users] CAQuietExec64 log output to log file > > > > Hi, I'm trying to execute a PowerShell V3 script on installation > > using the following action > > > > <SetProperty Id="InstallSetupSPConfigCustomAction" > > Before="InstallSetupSPConfigCustomAction" Sequence="execute" Value > > =""[POWERSHELLEXE]" -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -InputFormat > > None -Command "& '[#SetupSPConfig.ps1]' -i -v > > [ProductVersion] -fcUrl '[ACTIVITYSERVERURL]' ; exit > > $$($Error.Count)"" /> > > > > Is there any way I can get the output from the script to be logged > > to the log file if the script fails, I'm having a hard time to > > figure out why the script is failing, all I get in the log file is > > > > CAQuietExec64: 8??????????????!??????????????????????????????4?? > > ???????????????????9??++++??7?????????4????"??++++?????????????????~?++???????+++++>????????>?????????4????? > > ?+???????????????++????????????>?????????????!? > > ???????????????????????.?????????5????????????????????????? > > CAQuietExec64: > > ?????????????????????????????4????????????????????????++??????????????++??????????????+????????++++????????????????????????+???????????????????????????>? > > CAQuietExec64: Error 0x80070002: Command line returned an error. > > CAQuietExec64: Error 0x80070002: CAQuietExec64 Failed > > > > I cannot read that :( > > > > Although when running the commands generated by WIX from the command line > > on the target machine it works like a charm, just not during installation. > > > > Please can someone advice. > > Thank in advance > > Christoff le Roux > > > > This information is intended only for the person or entity to which it is > > addressed and may contain private, confidential, proprietary and/or > > privileged material and may be subject to confidentiality agreements. 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