Would it be easier to have Type 51 CAs that set a property named the same as
my CA and just retrieve "CustomActionData" from my CA? I guess, what is the
advantage of using wcautil? I realize that there is a TON of functionality
there, but it doesn't seem too intuitive to use with my minimal Windows
Installer experience. It guess I just don't get the process that I would
use wcautil to setup a "data driven MSI" like you mention. I'm sorry if I'm
being obtuse...could you please elaborate? Thanks again for all of your
help/time.
On 2/8/07, Rob Mensching <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Well, if you want a data driven MSI then you need to have an immediate
mode CustomAction to encode data into the CustomActionData and then have the
deferred CustomAction chop it up.
*From:* Levi Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
*Sent:* Thursday, February 08, 2007 2:12 PM
*To:* Rob Mensching
*Cc:* wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
*Subject:* Re: [WiX-users] Type 1 Custom Action
Correct me if I'm wrong, but in my case, I just need to call WcaInitialize
in the beginning of my CA, call WcaGetProperty, execute my CA, then call
WcaFinalize?
On 2/8/07, *Rob Mensching* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yes, there is very little documentation (I've been spending my time fixing
bugs, not explaining how to use it <smile/>). Yes, the SDK directory should
have everything you need. Use the header files that you need.
*From:* Levi Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
*Sent:* Thursday, February 08, 2007 1:42 PM
*To:* Rob Mensching
*Cc:* wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
*Subject:* Re: [WiX-users] Type 1 Custom Action
I see the wcautil.lib in the SDK directory...which header file do I use?
Is the documentation to use wcautil only exist in the header file?
On 2/8/07, *Rob Mensching *<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Correct, you have to use CustomActionData. I encourage you to take a look
at the WiX CustomActions. They do all this stuff. Dutil.lib and
Wcautil.lib also has tons of helper functions that make life much easier.
*From:* Levi Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]
*Sent:* Thursday, February 08, 2007 1:32 PM
*To:* Rob Mensching
*Cc:* wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
*Subject:* Re: [WiX-users] Type 1 Custom Action
Just to clarify, this means that I can't access any properties from my
CA? And if so, how do you pass a value (CustomActionData?) to a particular
CA in WiX parlance?
On 2/8/07, *Rob Mensching* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yes. You have to run "in script" (deferred).
*From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Levi Wilson
*Sent:* Thursday, February 08, 2007 1:24 PM
*To:* wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
*Subject:* [WiX-users] Type 1 Custom Action
Does a type 1 custom action have to be deferred in order to get it to run
AFTER the files have already been installed? It seems when I set it up like
this:
<CustomAction Id="MyCA" BinaryKey="CADll DllEntry="MyCA" />
<InstallExecuteSequence>
<Custom Action="MyCA" After="InstallServices">NOT Installed</Custom>
</InstallExecuteSequence>
When the CA executes, the files haven't been copied yet? Why does this CA
run before the files have been copied?
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