There are a lot of reasons not to use script based custom actions due to
environmental issues. They have a tendency to fail significantly more often
than other types of custom actions (and custom actions have a tendency to
fail significantly more than the built in support).
Personally, I recommend
Thanks, I found that and fixed a few other VBScript problems and now I
have it working. (Only to discover other problems, however.)
Scott
On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 1:15 PM, Wilson, Phil wrote:
> The WScript.Echo won't work - that's supplied by the WSH object, not by MSI.
> Do you see that message?
scussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: [WiX-users] VBScript custom action failing - error hard to decipher
I'm having trouble getting a VBScript custom action to work. It's
purpose it so backup some files that the major upgrade may otherwise
delete.
I'm having trouble getting a VBScript custom action to work. It's
purpose it so backup some files that the major upgrade may otherwise
delete.
My WiX source looks like this:
My script (project_backup.vbs) looks like:
' VBScript source code
Function back
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