thats just what i was after....
many thanks
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: Andrew T Hopper
To: Mark Line ; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 3:52 PM
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] launch on exit
You can launch an application at the end of a setup in a couple of ways, but
here are two:
Include the following custom action definition and set a property (I named
mine SOMEMAGICPROPERTY, I’m sure you can come up with a better name) and call
this CA after the files have been placed on the hard drive:
...
<!-- define the CA to launch our app. Note that it’s deferred since it needs
to be executed after we’ve actually installed the files. -->
<CustomAction Id="LaunchApplication" FileKey="F_MYAPPLICATIONSID"
ExeCommand="" Execute="deferred" Impersonate="yes" Return="asyncNoWait"/>
...
<InstallExecuteSequence>
...
<Custom Action="LaunchApplication"
After="InstallFiles"><![CDATA[SOMEMAGICPROPERTY]]></Custom>
...
</InstallExecuteSequence>
...
If you’re already using WixUI, another way would be to leverage Bob Arnson’s
addition of the optional check box to ExitDialog and have the app launched when
the user clicks the Finish button:
...
<!-- define the CA to launch our app. Note that it’s immediate since it’ll be
executed from the UI. -->
<CustomAction Id="LaunchApplication" FileKey="F_MYAPPLICATIONSID"
ExeCommand="" Execute="immediate" Impersonate="yes" Return="asyncNoWait"/>
...
<!-- set the text we’ll display next to the launch check box. -->
<Property Id="WIXUI_EXITDIALOGOPTIONALCHECKBOXTEXT" Value="Launch
<<application name>> " />
...
<!-- Attach a handler to the Finish button on the ExitDialog dialog that will
invoke our CA. -->
<UI>
<Publish Dialog="ExitDialog" Control="Finish" Order="1" Event="DoAction"
Value="LaunchApplication">WIXUI_EXITDIALOGOPTIONALCHECKBOX</Publish>
</UI>
...
Hope this helps!
-Andy Hopper
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