I think a DLL is probably the best way to handle most custom actions. I'm fairly sure the 32-bit version would work fine under Win64. You could always create a DLL that does nothing too difficult and give it a quick test.
Rob János Brezniczky wrote: > Hi, > > According to this topic I'd like to ask whether it is a good or bad > choice if I use an embedded DLL (<Binary>) implenting the > functionality to tackle with the running executable issue. It becomes > interesting when it comes to deploying the application to 64 bit > platforms. I mean in this case, would it be a must to provide a 64 bit > version of the DLL, too? > > > 2007/9/24, Rob Hamflett <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>: > > This page has a good example of enumerating processes and getting > the executable file names. > http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms682623.aspx > > You would need your Custom Action to read a property from the MSI > which contained the names to look > for, and then compare that list against the processes as you go > through them. You can then do > whatever it is that needs doing to populate the FilesInUse dialog, > or show a dialog asking the user > to close the program. > > Rob > > Veerendra wrote: > > Rob, > > > > Could you give some example code (custom action) to workaround > for this > > problem. > > > > Thanks a lot! > > Veerendra > > > > > > Rob Hamflett wrote: > >> One of the things required for Windows Installer to put an entry > in the > >> FilesInUse dialog is that it > >> needs to be able to find a window handle. This is why the program > >> doesn't appear in the list if > >> it is in the tray. I think this might have been sorted out in > Windows > >> Installer v4. 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