Thanks Neil, good point. On the command line,
if I execute:
for /r "C:\Program Files\Xerox\XPIM 2.0\" %f in (*.config) do ( echo f
| xcopy /q /y "%f" "%f.bak" )
echo %ERRORLEVEL% gives me 0.
if I execute:
cmd /q /e:on /k "for /r "C:\Program Files\Xerox\XPIM 2.0\" %f in
(*.config) do ( echo f | xcopy /q /y "%f" "%f.bak" )"
echo %ERRORLEVEL% gives me 0. Also after I exit that instance of cmd echo
%ERRORLEVEL% is still 0.
if I execute:
cmd /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" )"
echo %ERRORLEVEL% gives me 6553692. I couldn't seem to find this error
online anywhere.
I suppose I could set it to ignore the return code, but then I won't catch
any real errors.
Any ideas? Is there a better way to do this? I could write a c++ custom
action for this, but I'd like to understand whats going if possible.
Thanks,
Shawn
On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 1:03 PM, Neil Sleightholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> I posted this last week but it didn't seem to get on this list:
>
> When you say that the command works ok from the command line have you
> checked the value of "%errorlevel%" after running it, this is the value
> that windows installer would check to indicate and error. It rings a
> bell that "for" returns a non zero value.
>
> Neil
>
> Neil Sleightholm
> X2 Systems Limited
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shawn Dwyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 23 September 2008 17:54
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Using cmd in a CustomAction
>
> 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.
> >
> >
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