On 12/20/2013 01:20 PM, David Connet wrote: >> From: Gerry Reno <gr...@verizon.net> >> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> Cc: >> Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 10:03 AM >> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] ExeCommand will not accept any path with spaces >> >> On 12/20/2013 12:49 PM, Edwin Castro wrote: >>> On 12/20/13, 9:46 AM, Gerry Reno wrote: >>>> On 12/20/2013 10:44 AM, David Connet wrote: >>>>>> From: Gerry Reno [mailto:gr...@verizon.net] >>>>>> > >>>>>>>> <Binary Id='CMDEXE' SourceFile='C:\WINDOWS\System32\cmd.exe' /> >>>>>> I don't think that's legal. cmd.exe is not a redistributable file. You >>>>>> can't include it in your installer. >>>> cmd.exe is not being distributed. Binary is how you call system files. >>>> >>>> >>> NO. Binary is how you embed files in your MSI for your MSI to use during >>> install. You ARE distributing cmd.exe in your MSI which is very likely >>> not allowed. >> Thanks. I will check this and if it is in the installer package I'll change >> it to something like this: >> >> <*Property* Id='CMDEXE'>cmd.exe</*Property*> >> <*CustomAction* Id='LaunchFile' Property='CMDEXE' >> ExeCommand='all my arguments' Return='asyncNoWait' /> > Hmm... nasty attack vector there... > - My PATH: c:\bin;... > - create c:\bin\cmd.exe, do whatever I want What? You always shoot your own system? :-)
Any virus that did that would be caught by the anti-virus. > > Better would be to get the users %ComSpec% setting. Yes. > > But if it's a console program, it should "just work" (without cmd.exe). > That's why you see some installers popup (annoying) cmd windows - not because > they ran cmd.exe, but rather because they ran a customaction invoking a > console program. > > Dave > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT > organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance > affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your > Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
