Re: [WiX-users] Running an executable in the binary table

[Christopher Painter]

A type 3074 is just a Type 2 EXE CA stored in the binary table with the 
msidbCustomActionTypeInScript + msidbCustomActionTypeNoImpersonate attributes 
set.  This means it's a deferred CA that runs as System Context and must be 
sequenced between InstallInitialize and InstallFinalize.
   
  You could dark an InstallShield built MSI to get some XML to look at or you 
could dig through sparse schema documentation or you could use a tool like 
WiXAware to help you out.   That's what I did ( I'm sorry... I'm a pretty smart 
guy but life is too short to be writing installs using a text editor IMO ).   A 
sample CA snippet would look like:
   
  <Binary Id="Notepad.exe" SourceFile="C:\windows\notepad.exe">
  </Binary>
  <CustomAction Id="CustomAction1" Return="check" HideTarget="no" 
Execute="deferred" Impersonate="no" TerminalServerAware="no" ExeCommand="" 
BinaryKey="Notepad.exe">
  </CustomAction>
    
<InstallExecuteSequence>
  <Custom Action="CustomAction1" After="InstallInitialize" />
  </InstallExecuteSequence>
  

Paul McCloskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
                Hello,
   
  I’m trying to convert an existing Installshield project to Wix 3.0. I’m 
having trouble getting my head around recreating a custom action. The IS 
project runs an executable in the binary table as a type 3074 custom action, is 
there an equivalent in WIX?
   
  Thanks.

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