YEs, you can open the resultant CA dll with Winzip and you'll see your files.
BTW, what build of WiX are you on? There were a few issues in older builds that have been resolved. 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 Wed, 6/17/09, Tina Basinger <tinabasin...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Tina Basinger <tinabasin...@gmail.com> > Subject: [WiX-users] Custom Action Failing > To: "Wix Group" <WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 10:06 AM > We've just upgraded our install to > use Wix 3.0 and DTF's MakeSfxCA tool to > package up our C# custom actions. The install works > fine for me, but a > colleague is getting an error (2896) calling one of the > custom actions (full > action log from the MSI log is below). As far as I can > tell, this error > indicates "Executing action [2] failed". We don't > think it's getting into > the custom action at all, since the first thing the action > does is write to > a log file and this is not occurring. > > We are passing all of our dependencies to call to the > MakeSfxCA tool and the > build log shows them being packaged into the resulting > assembly. So > everything that the custom action needs should be available > to it at > runtime. Is there a way to "un-zip" the resulting > assembly produced by > MakeSfxCA to verify what was incorporated into it? > > Does anyone have any other tips on what we should check > for, or how to go > about determining what the problem is? > Thanks! > -Tina > > > > Action start 15:08:21: ValidateUserInput. > > MSI (c) (14:68) [15:08:21:700]: Creating MSIHANDLE (108) of > type 790542 for > thread 7784 > > MSI (c) (14:EC) [15:08:21:720]: Invoking remote custom > action. DLL: > C:\Users\userName\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIFE2B.tmp, > Entrypoint: > ValidateUserInput > > MSI (c) (14!A8) [15:08:22:625]: Creating MSIHANDLE (109) of > type 790531 for > thread 7336 > > MSI (c) (14!A8) [15:08:22:626]: Closing MSIHANDLE (109) of > type 790531 for > thread 7336 > > MSI (c) (14!A8) [15:08:22:966]: Creating MSIHANDLE (110) of > type 790531 for > thread 7336 > > MSI (c) (14!A8) [15:08:22:967]: Closing MSIHANDLE (110) of > type 790531 for > thread 7336 > > MSI (c) (14!A8) [15:08:23:557]: Creating MSIHANDLE (111) of > type 790531 for > thread 7336 > > MSI (c) (14!A8) [15:08:23:574]: Closing MSIHANDLE (111) of > type 790531 for > thread 7336 > > MSI (c) (14!A8) [15:08:24:891]: Creating MSIHANDLE (112) of > type 790531 for > thread 7336 > > MSI (c) (14!A8) [15:08:24:892]: Closing MSIHANDLE (112) of > type 790531 for > thread 7336 > > MSI (c) (14!A8) [15:08:25:019]: Creating MSIHANDLE (113) of > type 790531 for > thread 7336 > > MSI (c) (14!A8) [15:08:25:021]: Closing MSIHANDLE (113) of > type 790531 for > thread 7336 > > MSI (c) (14:EC) [15:08:25:291]: Closing MSIHANDLE (108) of > type 790542 for > thread 7784 > > Action ended 15:08:25: ValidateUserInput. Return value 3. > > MSI (c) (14:68) [15:08:25:292]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3: > Error > > MSI (c) (14:68) [15:08:25:293]: Note: 1: 2228 2: 3: > Error 4: SELECT > `Message` FROM `Error` WHERE `Error` = 2896 > > DEBUG: Error 2896: Executing action ValidateUserInput > failed. > > The installer has encountered an unexpected error > installing this package. > This may indicate a problem with this package. The error > code is 2896. The > arguments are: ValidateUserInput, , > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
