Sorry it is me again.
>From the command line, if I run
perl "C:\Program Files\Acme\Foobar 1.0\first.pl" install then the program
works, note the quotes required because of whitespace in the path.
When I put it into my wix file it does not work.
<Property Id="QtExecCmdLine" Value="perl [INSTALLDIR]first.pl install"/>
<CustomAction Id="QtExec" BinaryKey="wixca" DllEntry="CAQuietExec"
Execute="immediate" Return="check"/>
<Binary Id="wixca" src="c:\wix_v2_orig\wixca.dll"/>
<InstallExecuteSequence>
<Custom Action="QtExec" After="InstallFinalize"/>
</InstallExecuteSequence>
MSI (s) (A0!38) [14:30:09:419]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Deleting QtExecCmdLine
property. Its current value is 'perl [INSTALLDIR]first.pl install'.
CAQuietExec: Command string must begin with quoted application name.
CAQuietExec: Error 0x80070057: invalid command line property value
CAQuietExec: Error 0x80070057: failed to get Command Line
Action ended 14:30:09: QtExec. Return value 3.
Action ended 14:30:09: INSTALL. Return value 3.
If I try the same with
<Property Id="QtExecCmdLine" Value="perl C:\Program Files\Acme\Foobar
1.0\first.pl install"/>
<CustomAction Id="QtExec" BinaryKey="wixca" DllEntry="CAQuietExec"
Execute="immediate" Return="check"/>
<Binary Id="wixca" src="c:\wix_v2_orig\wixca.dll"/>
I get the same error message.
The other option would be to perhaps call perl.exe directly and pass
evertyhing else as parameters. From the command line
perl.exe -w first.pl install works. So I tried using a Property and
CustomAction to run it, question here though can you restrict this to
running on install or un-install?
when I plug it into the wix file it didn't!! Again any ideas here, again
here is the code currently running.
<Directory Id='TARGETDIR' Name='SourceDir'>
<Directory Id='ProgramFilesFolder' Name='PFiles'>
<Directory Id='Acme' Name='Acme'>
<Directory Id='INSTALLDIR' Name='Foobar10' LongName='Foobar 1.0'>
<Component Id='MainExecutable'
Guid='{1DF29E50-1A88-410b-945E-251DA8309C96}'>
<File Id='first' Name='first.pl' DiskId='1'
Source='first.pl' Vital='yes'>
</File>
<File Id="svg" Name="svg" LongName="SVGView.exe" DiskId="1"
Source="SVGView.exe" Vital="yes">
</File>
<RemoveFolder Id='ProgramMenuDir' On='uninstall' />
</Component>
</Directory>
</Directory>
</Directory>
</Directory>
<Feature Id='Complete' Level='1'>
<ComponentRef Id='MainExecutable' />
</Feature>
<!--
<Property Id="QtExecCmdLine" Value="perl C:\Program Files\Acme\Foobar
1.0\first.pl install"/>
<CustomAction Id="QtExec" BinaryKey="wixca" DllEntry="CAQuietExec"
Execute="immediate" Return="check"/>
<Binary Id="wixca" src="c:\wix_v2_orig\wixca.dll"/>
<InstallExecuteSequence>
<Custom Action="QtExec" After="InstallFinalize"/>
</InstallExecuteSequence>
-->
<Property Id='PERL'>perl.exe</Property>
<CustomAction Id='LaunchFile' Property='PERL' ExeCommand='-w first.pl
install' Return='asyncNoWait'/>
<!-- <InstallExecuteSequence>
<Custom Action='LaunchFile' After='InstallFinalize'></Custom>
</InstallExecuteSequence>
-->
<!-- <CustomAction Id='LaunchFile' FileKey='first' ExeCommand='-w
first.pl' Return='asyncNoWait' /> -->
<!-- <CustomAction Id='LaunchFile' FileKey='first' ExeCommand=''
Return='asyncNoWait' /> -->
</Product>
</Wix>
Rob Hamflett wrote:
>
> Bah! You're right, and I've just remembered why. When specifying a
> custom action like that, the
> file in the file key has to be an executable. This isn't going to work
> for your script file. Your
> best bet is probably the Quiet Execution CustomAction. Look for it in the
> WiX chm under
> WiX Help -> Authoring -> WiX Standard CustomActions -> Quiet Execution
> CustomAction
>
> Rob
>
> dave_c wrote:
>> Hi Rob,
>>
>> I tried removing that but it lloks like things are more fundamental than
>> I
>> first thought. I've changed the script that runs to simply generate a
>> file
>> when run (not relying on any parameters). When I run it from command line
>> it
>> works fine. When I run from the msi nothing appears to happen, i.e. the
>> file
>> is not created.
>>
>> Looking at the log file generated it looks liek some sort of error
>> occured
>> at the end
>>
>> MSI (c) (10:0C) [11:36:16:068]: Note: 1: 1707
>> MSI (c) (10:0C) [11:36:16:068]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3: Error
>> MSI (c) (10:0C) [11:36:16:068]: Note: 1: 2228 2: 3: Error 4: SELECT
>> `Message` FROM `Error` WHERE `Error` = 1707
>> MSI (c) (10:0C) [11:36:16:068]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3: Error
>> MSI (c) (10:0C) [11:36:16:068]: Note: 1: 2228 2: 3: Error 4: SELECT
>> `Message` FROM `Error` WHERE `Error` = 1709
>> MSI (c) (10:0C) [11:36:16:068]: Product: SwapComm -- Installation
>> completed
>> successfully.
>>
>> MSI (c) (10:0C) [11:36:16:083]: Grabbed execution mutex.
>> MSI (c) (10:0C) [11:36:16:083]: Cleaning up uninstalled install packages,
>> if
>> any exist
>> MSI (c) (10:0C) [11:36:16:083]: MainEngineThread is returning 0
>>
>> Have enclosed the full log file to see if it is of any use.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Rob Hamflett wrote:
>>> You don't need '[INSTALLDIR]first.pl' in the ExeCommand, as this is what
>>> the FileKey is for. I
>>> think you just need your 'install' argument there.
>>>
>>> Rob
>>>
>>> dave_c wrote:
>>>> Excuse my stupidity.
>>>>
>>>> I want to install and then run a perl script passing a parameter to it
>>>> but
>>>> what I have written nothing appears to happen.
>>>>
>>>> I know if i run the script from the command line and pass a parameter
>>>> it
>>>> does what I want i.e. first.pl install
>>>>
>>>> but then I put in in the wix script it does not appear to work. Could
>>>> someone point out what I have done wrong.
>>>>
>>>> <Directory Id='TARGETDIR' Name='SourceDir'>
>>>> <Directory Id='ProgramFilesFolder' Name='PFiles'>
>>>> <Directory Id='Acme' Name='Acme'>
>>>> <Directory Id='INSTALLDIR' Name='Foobar10' LongName='Foobar
>>>> 1.0'>
>>>>
>>>> <Component Id='MainExecutable'
>>>> Guid='{1DF29E50-1A88-410b-945E-251DA8309C96}'>
>>>> <File Id='first' Name='first.pl' DiskId='1'
>>>> Source='first.pl' Vital='yes'>
>>>> </File>
>>>> <RemoveFolder Id='ProgramMenuDir' On='uninstall' />
>>>> </Component>
>>>> </Directory>
>>>> </Directory>
>>>> </Directory>
>>>> </Directory>
>>>>
>>>> <Feature Id='Complete' Level='1'>
>>>> <ComponentRef Id='MainExecutable' />
>>>> </Feature>
>>>>
>>>> <CustomAction Id='LaunchFile' FileKey='first'
>>>> ExeCommand='[INSTALLDIR]first.pl install' Return='asyncNoWait' />
>>>>
>>>> <InstallExecuteSequence>
>>>> <Custom Action='LaunchFile' After='InstallFinalize'></Custom>
>>>> </InstallExecuteSequence>
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