Anyone have any ideas why I'm getting an error? Is there a better way to achieve this? Thanks,
Shawn On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 1:46 AM, Shawn Dwyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > 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
