Hi I am looking into WIX as a solution to better automate our installation (involving multiple systems). I have been playing for a couple of weeks but am essentially new to installation so have been learning about msi's, etc as well. (I have v 2.0.4221.0) Anyway. Has anyone got an example of using the "ServiceInstall" custom action that works. I have managed to get some direct simple CA's to work (running external VB etc), but have not found a complete explanation for the DLL calls made using this WIX CA. The linker is using "SchedSecureObjects" and "SchedServiceObjects", both found in wixca.dll. I tryed the following: <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2003/01/wi";> <Product Id="12345678-1234-1234-9234-123456789012" Name="Test Service Package" Language="1033" Version="1.0.0.0" Manufacturer="Microsoft Corporation"> <Package Id="12345678-1234-1234-9234-123456789012" Description="My first Windows Installer package" Comments="This is my first attempt at creating a Windows Installer database" Manufacturer="Microsoft Corporation" InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes"/> <Media Id="1" Cabinet="product.cab" EmbedCab="yes"/> <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder" Name="PFiles"> <Directory Id="MyDir" Name="TestProg" LongName="Test Service Program"> <Component Id="MyComponent" Guid="12345679-1234-1234-9234-123456789012"> <File Id="readme" Name="RulesEng.exe" LongName="RulesEngineServer.exe" DiskId="1" src="RulesEngineServer.exe"/> <ServiceInstall Id="12345678-1234-1234-9934-123456789012" Account="SYSTEM" DisplayName="Rules Engine Server" EraseDescription="yes" ErrorControl="critical" Interactive="no" Name="RulesEngineServer" Start="demand" Type="ownProcess" Vital="yes"> <Permission User="SYSTEM" ServiceChangeConfig="yes" ServiceEnumerateDependents="yes" ServiceInterrogate="yes" ServicePauseContinue="yes" ServiceQueryConfig="yes" ServiceQueryStatus="yes" ServiceStart="yes" ServiceStop="yes" ServiceUserDefinedControl="yes"> </Permission> <ServiceConfig FirstFailureActionType="restart" ResetPeriodInDays="0" RestartServiceDelayInSeconds="60" SecondFailureActionType="restart" ThirdFailureActionType="restart"> </ServiceConfig> <ServiceDependency Id="RPCSS"> </ServiceDependency> </ServiceInstall> </Component> </Directory> </Directory> </Directory> <Feature Id="TestService" Title="Test Service" Level="1"> <ComponentRef Id="MyComponent"/> </Feature> <InstallExecuteSequence> <Custom After="InstallFiles" Action="SchedServiceConfig"/> <Custom After="InstallFiles" Action="SchedSecureObjects"/> </InstallExecuteSequence> <Binary Id="WixCa" src="wixca.dll"/> <CustomAction Id="SchedServiceConfig" DllEntry="SchedServiceConfig" BinaryKey="WixCa" Execute="immediate" Return="check" /> <CustomAction Id="SchedSecureObjects" DllEntry="SchedSecureObjects" BinaryKey="WixCa" Execute="immediate" Return="check" /> </Product> </Wix>
This links but fails when run. The msiexec verbose output implies that it gets as far as making a call. MSI (s) (98:00) [12:29:05:217]: Doing action: SchedServiceConfig MSI (s) (98:00) [12:29:05:217]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3: ActionText Action start 12:29:05: SchedServiceConfig. MSI (s) (98:BC) [12:29:05:247]: Invoking remote custom action. DLL: C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSI54.tmp, Entrypoint: SchedServiceConfig MSI (s) (98:F0) [12:29:05:257]: Generating random cookie. MSI (s) (98:F0) [12:29:05:267]: Created Custom Action Server with PID 3244 (0xCAC). MSI (s) (98:90) [12:29:05:408]: Running as a service. MSI (s) (98:D0) [12:29:05:418]: Hello, I'm your 32bit Impersonated custom action server. MSI (s) (98!70) [12:29:05:438]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding ExecServiceConfig property. Its value is 'RulesEngineServerEURrestartEURrestartEURrestartEUR0EUR60EUREUR'. MSI (s) (98!70) [12:29:05:438]: Doing action: ExecServiceConfig MSI (s) (98!70) [12:29:05:438]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3: ActionText Action start 12:29:05: ExecServiceConfig. Action ended 12:29:05: ExecServiceConfig. Return value 0. SchedServiceConfig: Error 0x8007065a: Failed MsiDoAction on deferred action SchedServiceConfig: Error 0x8007065a: failed to schedule ExecSecureObjects action Action ended 12:29:05: SchedServiceConfig. Return value 3. I dont know how this should be working, some of my xml attributes might be wrong. RulesEngineServer.exe is a service and I have put wixca.dll local. regards Dave. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
