No. Exe's are not provided any information to communicate with the Windows Installer. One of many reasons DLL CustomActions are recommended when a CustomAction is absolutely necessary.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anidil Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 20:58 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Custom error based on the reslult of a custom action Hello there Is there a way i can pop up a custom error message if a custom action that runs an exe installed as part of the application fails? I read about type 19 CAs but that just aborts the installation throwing an error message.. Any help on this? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Custom-error-based-on-the-reslult-of-a-custom-action-tp18747345p18747345.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
