Alex, thanks for your hint. Indeed, now it works on Windows XP as I wanted it, but unfortunately not anymore on Vista. I need elevated privileges to run CeAppMgr.exe but it seems that I cannot get them on Vista unless I set Impersonate="no" and deferred execution.
Is there any workaround to this? Thanks, Tom Alex Shevchuk schrieb: > Well, your custom action is deferred, no-impersonate, which means that it > will be run under Local System credentials. Local System, albeit very > powerful, has some limitations, like no access to network, etc. > You can try to set Impersonate="yes". > > Alex > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Kazimiers [mailto:2voo...@gmx.de] > Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 1:07 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: [WiX-users] WiX/MSI and CeAppMgr.exe (WinCe Application Manager) > > Hi there, > > as part of my WiX 3 setup the CeAppMgr.exe is looked up and executed. > This application is used to install software on windows CE devices (like > Windows Mobile 5/6, etc.). To do so one has to call CeAppMgr.exe with an > ini file and the user should get the information that software is beeing > installed on his or her mobile device. > If I try this on the command line everything works fine. CeAppMgr.exe > starts and begins to install the prvided ini (and thus the CAB-) file. > The same done in WiX/MSI leads to a message box, coming from > CeAppMgr.exe, that the sofware (the ini/cab) will be installed as soon > as my mobile device gets connected again. The strange thing is: In both > versions (command line and MSI) the mobile device is connected all the time. > > So, have you previously encountered this problem or have an idea what is > going on? I want that CeAppMgr.exe behaves, when called from a MSI, > execatly like when it is called from the command line. > > In WiX the relevant parts are (ignore the custom action conditions): > > <!--CeAppMgr.Exe Lookup--> > <Property Id='SEARCH_CEAPPMGR'> > <RegistrySearch Id="CeAppMgrSearch32" Root="HKLM" Type="raw" > Key="Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App > Paths\CEAPPMGR.EXE" Win64="no"/> > </Property> > > <!-- define the LaunchCeAppMgr_Install-Custom action --> > <CustomAction Id='LaunchCeAppMgr_Install' > Property='SEARCH_CEAPPMGR' ExeCommand='"[CESetupFolder]PDAAufmaß.ini"' > Return='ignore' Impersonate='no' Execute='deferred' /> > > <!-- Schedule the custom actions--> > <InstallExecuteSequence> > > <!-- launch CeAppMgr.exe install only when we make an > installation but not when we remove the product --> > <Custom Action='LaunchCeAppMgr_Install' > Sequence='4400'><![CDATA[&PDAFeature=3 Or &PDAFeature=4]]></Custom> > > <!-- launch CeAppMgr.exe without ini parameter only when we > remove the product --> > <Custom Action='LaunchCeAppMgr_Deinstall' > Sequence='4401'><![CDATA[&PDAFeature=2]]></Custom> > </InstallExecuteSequence> > > Is there anything wrong? > > Regards, thanks in advance, > Tom > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > The NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanners deliver under ANY circumstances! Your > production scanning environment may not be a perfect world - but thanks to > Kodak, there's a perfect scanner to get the job done! With the NEW KODAK > i700 > Series Scanner you'll get full speed at 300 dpi even with all image > processing features enabled. http://p.sf.net/sfu/kodak-com > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanners deliver under ANY circumstances! Your > production scanning environment may not be a perfect world - but thanks to > Kodak, there's a perfect scanner to get the job done! With the NEW KODAK i700 > Series Scanner you'll get full speed at 300 dpi even with all image > processing features enabled. http://p.sf.net/sfu/kodak-com > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
