Michael, As a guess... the /c switch argument "/c build\build-usual-image.bat" doesn't specify a fully qualified path and cmd.exe is probably having problems locating it.
Regards, Rob -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Sperber Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 1:08 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Running cmd.exe from a CustomAction I'm a casual WiX user, so please forgive me if this is really trivial. I did try searching the documentation and the mailing list for help, but couldn't find any: I'm shipping a batch file with my .msi that I need to run with the /v:off flag to cmd.exe. This is what I have: <CustomAction Id="build_usual_image" Property="INSTALLDIR" ExeCommand='[SystemFolder]cmd.exe /v:off /c build\build-usual-image.bat "[INSTALLDIR]" "[INSTALLDIR]scheme" "[INSTALLDIR]scheme48.image" "[INSTALLDIR]scheme48vm.exe" "[INSTALLDIR]build\initial.image"' Return="check" /> The idea is to have the pwd be INSTALLDIR and then run cmd.exe as in the command line. However, all I ever get is this: MSI (s) (8C:38) [19:01:40:302]: Note: 1: 1721 2: build_usual_image 3: c:\Programme\Scheme 48\Scheme 48 1.4T\ 4: C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /v:off /c build\build-usual-image.bat "c:\Programme\Scheme 48\Scheme 48 1.4T\" "c:\Programme\Scheme 48\Scheme 48 1.4T\scheme" "c:\Programme\Scheme 48\Scheme 48 1.4T\scheme48.image" "c:\Programme\Scheme 48\Scheme 48 1.4T\scheme48vm.exe" "c:\Programme\Scheme 48\Scheme 48 1.4T\build\initial.image" Error 1721. There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program required for this install to complete could not be run. Contact your support personnel or package vendor. Action: build_usual_image, location: c:\Programme\Scheme 48\Scheme 48 1.4T\, command: C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /v:off /c build\build-usual-image.bat "c:\Programme\Scheme 48\Scheme 48 1.4T\" "c:\Programme\Scheme 48\Scheme 48 1.4T\scheme" "c:\Programme\Scheme 48\Scheme 48 1.4T\scheme48.image" "c:\Programme\Scheme 48\Scheme 48 1.4T\scheme48vm.exe" "c:\Programme\Scheme 48\Scheme 48 1.4T\build\initial.image" MSI (s) (8C:38) [19:01:42:205]: Product: Scheme 48 1.4T -- Error 1721. There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program required for this install to complete could not be run. Contact your support personnel or package vendor. Action: build_usual_image, location: c:\Programme\Scheme 48\Scheme 48 1.4T\, command: C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /v:off /c build\build-usual-image.bat "c:\Programme\Scheme 48\Scheme 48 1.4T\" "c:\Programme\Scheme 48\Scheme 48 1.4T\scheme" "c:\Programme\Scheme 48\Scheme 48 1.4T\scheme48.image" "c:\Programme\Scheme 48\Scheme 48 1.4T\scheme48vm.exe" "c:\Programme\Scheme 48\Scheme 48 1.4T\build\initial.image" Any help would be much appreciated. -- Cheers =8-} Mike Friede, Völkerverständigung und überhaupt blabla ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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