Thanks Erik.
I finally figured it out (with your help). Here's my new example.
<CustomAction Id="CA1" Property="CA1_PROP"
Value="[SystemFolder]cmd.exe" />
<CustomAction Id="CA2" Property="CA1_PROP" ExeCommand="/c dir
"[INSTALLDIR]" > c:\dir2.txt" />
<InstallExecuteSequence>
<Custom Action="CA1" After="InstallFinalize" />
<Custom Action="CA2" After="CA1" />
</InstallExecuteSequence>
I could have sworn that back in my InstallShield days that I just had
type 51 custom actions (without a corresponding type 50)
Thanks again.
Dale
-----Original Message-----
From: Erik Garcia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 9:33 AM
To: Dale Quigg
Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom action to run cmd.exe after
InstallFinalize
I think the problem here is that you're misunderstanding what a CA51
does. It's returning ERROR_SUCCESS because it's doing exactly what
you told it to do. You're setting the property CA2_CMD to a value.
Try looking at Custom Actions 50 or 18 and see if either of these will
accomplish what you need on top of (or rather after) your 51.
-Erik G.
On 6/1/07, Dale Quigg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to build a custom action that invokes cmd.exe after
> InstallFinalize.
>
> In my sample .wxs project, I have CA1, CA2, CA3. CA1 and CA3 are
VbScript
> custom actions (I know... don't use VbScript custom actions). CA2 is
where I
> try to invoke cmd.exe.
>
> Here's a snippet from my .wxs.
>
> <CustomAction BinaryKey="vbCA" VBScriptCall="CA1"
Return="asyncWait"
> Id="CA1" Execute="immediate"/>
> <CustomAction Id="CA2" Property="CA2_CMD" Value="cmd.exe /c
notepad.exe
> c:\foo.txt" />
> <CustomAction BinaryKey="vbCA" VBScriptCall="CA3"
Return="asyncWait"
> Id="CA3" Execute="immediate"/>
> <Binary Id="vbCA" SourceFile="ca.vbs" />
>
> <InstallExecuteSequence>
> <Custom Action="CA1"
> After="InstallFinalize"></Custom>
> <Custom Action="CA2" After="CA1"></Custom>
> <Custom Action="CA3" After="CA2"></Custom>
> </InstallExecuteSequence>
>
>
> In my verbose install log, I see;
> Action ended 8:08:52: CA1. Return value 0.
> MSI (s) (0C:D0) [08:08:52:769]: Doing action: CA2
> MSI (s) (0C:D0) [08:08:52:769]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3: ActionText
> Action start 8:08:52: CA2.
> MSI (s) (0C:D0) [08:08:52:769]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding CA2_CMD
> property. Its value is 'cmd.exe /c notepad.exe c:\foo.txt'.
> Action ended 8:08:52: CA2. Return value 1.
> MSI (s) (0C:D0) [08:08:52:769]: Doing action: CA3
>
> As far as I can tell, CA2 doesn't even really run (notepad.exe does
not
> appear).
>
> The .msi CustomAction table looks like this;
> Action Type Source Target
> CA1 134 vbCA CA1
> CA2 51 CA2_CMD cmd.exe /c notepad.exe c:\foo.txt
> CA3 134 vbCA CA3
>
> I've been working on this for about 4 hours and still haven't figured
out
> what I'm doing wrong.
>
> Any help or working examples greatly appreciated.
> Dale
>
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> Here's a snippet from my .wxs.
>
>
>
> <CustomAction BinaryKey="vbCA" VBScriptCall="CA1"
Return="asyncWait"
> Id="CA1" Execute="immediate"/>
>
> <CustomAction Id="CA2" Property="CA2_CMD" Value="cmd.exe /c
notepad.exe
> c:\foo.txt" />
>
> <CustomAction BinaryKey="vbCA" VBScriptCall="CA3"
Return="asyncWait"
> Id="CA3" Execute="immediate"/>
>
> <Binary Id="vbCA" SourceFile="ca.vbs" />
>
>
>
> <InstallExecuteSequence>
>
> <Custom Action="CA1"
> After="InstallFinalize"></Custom>
>
> <Custom Action="CA2" After="CA1"></Custom>
>
> <Custom Action="CA3" After="CA2"></Custom>
>
> </InstallExecuteSequence>
>
>
>
>
>
> In my verbose install log, I see;
>
>
>
> Action ended 8:08:52: CA1. Return value 0.
>
> MSI (s) (0C:D0) [08:08:52:769]: Doing action: CA2
>
> MSI (s) (0C:D0) [08:08:52:769]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3:
ActionText
>
> Action start 8:08:52: CA2.
>
> MSI (s) (0C:D0) [08:08:52:769]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding
CA2_CMD
> property. Its value is 'cmd.exe /c notepad.exe c:\foo.txt'.
>
>
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