The general approach to this is to do whatever it takes to run a ShellExcute "open" on the file. For doc, chm, html or whatever extension this will invoke the handler for it, just like double-click. Details depend on your choice of language for the custom action, but C++ has ShellExecute() that takes "open" and file path, among other things.
Phil Wilson -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Young, Jason (GE Indust, GE Fanuc) Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 11:40 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Launching a CHM I've been banging my head all day trying to figure out how to launch a CHM at the end of my install. I'm trying to use a custom action, and I got it to work for an EXE, but not the CHM. I would like to load it based on a FileKey if possible. I don't really understand what the documentation means when it has a phrase "type 35" or something. Do you actually set the type somewhere, or are they just classifications based on what you pass in? My ultimate goal is to have a checkbox that allows you to choose if you want to launch the CHM, but that's not a requirement. If anyone has an example for me, I would really appreciate it. Thanks, Jason ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDE V _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
