Chuck wrote: > Is it possible to call a third party dll, included in my installer as a > binary file only, from a custom action that is in a C++ dll? >
No. MSI extracts one file at a time as needed to execute a CA. > If that isn't possible is that anyway to access a 3rd party dll from my > custom action prior to the installation of files? > You can extract it yourself, to a secure location appropriate for the user's rights (e.g., on an admin-ACL'd directory when the user is an admin; otherwise local temp). It's not recommended, as it's difficult to get right. -- sig://boB http://bobs.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
