No, Win32 should be right. I can't really see what the problem would be with your installer. Just as a sanity check, you do have an entry for it in the Binary table, right?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks for the advice Rob. I've got the directory browsing dialog in > place, but I'm having issues getting my dll to work. > > When I hit the Next button in my dialog, I get an 'installer > information' message window that says "There is a problem with this > Windows Installer package. A DLL required for this install to complete > could not be run." > > My dll is mostly a duplicate of the sample custom action example in the > tutorial (http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/lesson3.php ) > > #include "stdafx.h" > #include <windows.h> > #include <msi.h> > #include <msiquery.h> > > #pragma comment(linker, > "/EXPORT:[EMAIL PROTECTED]") > #pragma comment(lib, "msi.lib") > > extern "C" UINT __stdcall CheckLicenseFiles (MSIHANDLE hInstall) { > char Pid[MAX_PATH]; > DWORD PidLen = MAX_PATH; > > MsiGetProperty (hInstall, "MYFOLDER", Pid, &PidLen); > MsiSetProperty (hInstall, "LicenseFilesFound", "true"); > return ERROR_SUCCESS; > } // CheckLicenseFiles > > > I have a property MYFOLDER defined, as well as LicenseFilesFound > <Property Id='MYFOLDER' Value='c:\'/> > <Property Id="LicenseFilesFound" Value='false' /> > > > > Here's snippet from my dialog: > > <Control Id="Next" Type="PushButton" X="236" Y="243" Width="56" > Height="17" Default="yes" Text="Next"> > <Publish Event="DoAction" > Value="CheckForLicenseFiles">1</Publish> > <Publish Event="SpawnDialog" > Value="InvalidDirDlg">LicenseFilesFound = "false"</Publish> > <Publish Event="NewDialog" > Value="SetupTypeDlg">LicenseFilesFound = "true"</Publish> > </Control> > > > I have noticed that in Visual Studio the source platform for the dll is > "Win32" as opposed to .NET. Could that be an issue? I'm entirely > unexperienced with the .NET platform. > > Thanks again, > Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob > Hamflett > Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 12:47 PM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Locate a required file during an install > > Here's a sample of what you're (hopefully) looking for. As I understand > it, you want the user to > browse to a directory where getyour existing files are, and then you > want to verify them. The > attached include files are put together from a couple of our products, > and have had the usual secret > stuff sanitised. So they might not work as-is, but will at least give > you an idea of what you're > looking for. > > In GetExistingFilesDlg the user is prompted for a path. This value will > be stored in the property > MYFOLDER. When they click next, this will call a custom action called > checkFiles. This will have > to be a DLL custom action which you need to write. It will need to get > the MYFOLDER property, look > for the files, and then write back a property called FILES_EXIST with > "yes" if they exist, and > something else if they don't. You need to set [EMAIL PROTECTED] to > 'check' or 'ignore' because > you need the action to finish before the installer continues. The other > actions attached to the > 'Next' button are based on the value of FILES_EXIST which you've just > written. The installation > will either continue, or the user will get a pop-up dialog. This is > FilesAbsentDlg. The user is > told the files are not there, and clicks OK to go back to > GetExistingFilesDlg. > > The mailing list appears to be banning zip files, so I've renamed the > extension to .piz > > Rob > > P.S. I've not attached the binary files for the background images. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I'm working on an installer that depends upon files that the user has >> received prior to performing the installation. >> >> Our current installer (not windows installer based) prompts the user > to >> browse for the location of the files... I'm trying to replicate this, >> but I'm not exactly sure how to go about it. >> >> On one hand I think I might need a custom action, on the other hand, >> that functionality is already part of WiX (i.e. using >> ConfigurableDirectory in a Feature) I'm not sure if it's accessible in >> the context I'd like, a separate step in the install sequence. >> >> Can anyone offer a suggestion on the correct course of action? >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > - >> Take Surveys. Earn Cash. 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