Re: [WiX-users] Running DOS commands from installation

2014-05-08 Thread dysert
1. Task Kill because I was not aware of the WiX util CloseApplication. It's not in the book. Do you know of additional online documentation that is a more complete reference for WiX? 2. I'm not deleting the same program I'm installing. My installation replaces a program (which was not done via an

Re: [WiX-users] Running DOS commands from installation

2014-05-08 Thread dysert
Thanks, Pavankonduru. May I ask, where does the word "CustomActionData" come from that's used to index into Session? Is it derived from the value of the BinaryKey? Is it a constant? Or what? -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Running-D

[WiX-users] Running DOS commands from installation

2014-05-07 Thread dysert
*I posted the following at the main forum, and it was suggested I post here instead...* I've written an installation package with WiX (3.6), and I want to be able to do a few extra things (that it apparently doesn't do out of the box) that can easily been done at the Command level. I understand, th