You'll find it best to mitigate this dependency. Tell us more about your custom action. What language is it written in and how is the dependency file consumed?
Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread that deserves attention? E-Mail Me --- On Mon, 2/16/09, Sudripta Nandy (Sarangsoft Corporation) <v-su...@microsoft.com> wrote: > From: Sudripta Nandy (Sarangsoft Corporation) <v-su...@microsoft.com> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Installing a required system file before > ExecuteAction > To: "wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net" <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Cc: "Wen Ding" <ding...@microsoft.com> > Date: Monday, February 16, 2009, 9:29 PM > I have a custom actions file which is dependent on that > system file. There is one custom action which executes > before 'ExecuteAction'. I can defer the execution of > that custom action till before 'InstallValidate' but > not later than that. So, as my custom action file depends on > that system file, I need to be installing that system file > before executing that custom action or msiexec will fail to > load that custom actions dll. > > > Thanks. > Sudripta. > > > > Sudripta Nandy (Sarangsoft Corporation) wrote: > > In my wix project, I need to install a file into the > 'system' folder before 'ExecuteAction' > action. > > > > > > That's not supported. Why do you think you need to do > that? > > -- > sig://boB > http://joyofsetup.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, > San Francisco, CA > -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open > Sourcing the Enterprise > -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open > source participation > -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the > source code: SFAD > http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
