Please keep wix-users on the thread. By default TARGETDIR will be the largest drive.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 06:10 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Silent Installation Hi, Am new to this installer and My requirement is "If space is not available on default loc ie C drive, In case of UI installation user can change the path. No issues. But in case of Silent Installation, because there is no UI, it should select another disk which is available automatically and install there silently". Can you tell me how to implement this. Thanks Rob Mensching wrote: > > There is no way for a CustomAction to control the return code of the > Windows > Installer outside of the four or five documented values. Unfortunatley. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David > Partington > Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 4:17 PM > To: Wix Users > Subject: [WiX-users] Changing the return code from msiexec.exe > > Hi All, > > Using WiX is it possible to change the exit code returned from msiexec.exe > ? > > I want to launch a silent install from a script - it appears the only > ways to get extra information when installs fail is to parse the log > file, or check the return code from msiexec.exe. > > Sometimes the return code is descriptive (eg. code 1638 means "Another > version of this product is already installed.."). However usually when > custom actions or launch conditions fail the error code returned is the > non-descriptive: > MSI (c) (D0:DC) [10:47:11:890]: MainEngineThread is returning 1603 > > Any ideas (or my only recourse is for my slient install script to parse > the logfile?) > > Thanks for the help :), > > David. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log > files > for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes > searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log > files > for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes > searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > Quoted from: http://www.nabble.com/Changing-the-return-code-from-msiexec.exe-tf957614.htm l#a2485095 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
