Hi, We are preparing to release the next version of our product, which will completely remove all previous versions. However, before uninstalling we want to back up all the configuration files for the user. To accomplish this I thought I'd just use cmd.exe and a simple 'for' command to make a copy of all the files. Here is the magic:
<CustomAction Id="SetPathToCmd" Property="Cmd" Value="[SystemFolder]cmd.exe" /> <CustomAction Id="BackUpConfigFiles" Property="Cmd" ExeCommand="/q /e:on /c "for /r "[INSTALLDIR]" %f in (*.config) do ( echo f | xcopy /q /y "%f" "%f.bak" )"" /> <InstallExecuteSequence> <Custom Action="SetPathToCmd" Sequence="100">NOT Cmd</Custom> <Custom Action="BackUpConfigFiles" After="SetPathToCmd" /> </InstallExecuteSequence> The custom action runs and successfully copies all the files, however the install fails with minimal information shown below. I thought I'd change the /c (exit cmd when done) with /k (leave cmd open) to see what errors it might have, but with /k there are no errors in the command window, and when I close it the installer finishes successfully. Also if I copy and paste this into a command window everything runs fine as expected. Any ideas on what might be going wrong or how I can do this? Thanks, Shawn MSI (s) (9C:D0) [01:34:16:479]: Doing action: BackUpConfigFiles MSI (s) (9C:D0) [01:34:16:479]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3: ActionText Action start 1:34:16: BackUpConfigFiles. MSI (s) (9C:D0) [01:34:17:229]: Note: 1: 1722 2: BackUpConfigFiles 3: C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe 4: /q /e:on /c "for /r "C:\Program Files\ShawnCo\BackUpConfigTest\" %f in (*.config) do ( echo f | xcopy /q /y "%f" "%f.bak" )" MSI (s) (9C:D0) [01:34:17:229]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3: Error MSI (s) (9C:D0) [01:34:17:229]: Note: 1: 2228 2: 3: Error 4: SELECT `Message` FROM `Error` WHERE `Error` = 1722 MSI (c) (90:F0) [01:34:17:244]: Font created. Charset: Req=0, Ret=0, Font: Req=MS Shell Dlg, Ret=MS Shell Dlg Error 1722. There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program run as part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact your support personnel or package vendor. Action BackUpConfigFiles, location: C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe, command: /q /e:on /c "for /r "C:\Program Files\Xerox\XPIM 2.0\" %f in (*.config) do ( echo f | xcopy /q /y "%f" "%f.bak" )" MSI (s) (9C:D0) [01:34:18:745]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3: Error MSI (s) (9C:D0) [01:34:18:745]: Note: 1: 2228 2: 3: Error 4: SELECT `Message` FROM `Error` WHERE `Error` = 1709 MSI (s) (9C:D0) [01:34:18:745]: Product: BackUpConfigTest -- Error 1722. There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program run as part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact your support personnel or package vendor. Action BackUpConfigFiles, location: C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe, command: /q /e:on /c "for /r "C:\Program Files\Xerox\XPIM 2.0\" %f in (*.config) do ( echo f | xcopy /q /y "%f" "%f.bak" )" Action ended 1:34:18: BackUpConfigFiles. Return value 3. Action ended 1:34:18: INSTALL. Return value 3. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
