Thanks for the offer Blair but I'll probably just write a configuration tool instead. This is like striping an engine with a set of cutlery.
It is very annoying that the asynchronous return types do have meaningful return values, surely this is a pretty common thing people want to do. -----Original Message----- From: Blair [mailto:os...@live.com] Sent: 23 September 2009 00:40 To: Simon Topley Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Ping Server from dialog >From the POV of Windows Installer, an action succeeds or fails. It is up to the action if it wants to set properties instead. >From the POV of CAQuietExec, it exists for the sole purpose of preventing the flashing command-prompt-style windows you get calling command-line applications directly from Windows Installer. It intends to extend the same calling model. You need a modified version of CAQuietExec that sets a property with the result code of the external application instead of using the result code to return action success or failure. You could write it yourself, or someone else could write one for you. I'll send you one for US$25.00 licensed with the CPL (same license as the WiX toolset). -----Original Message----- From: Simon Topley [mailto:simon.top...@wallingfordsoftware.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 9:41 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Ping Server from dialog me again! Essentially my question now is how do i get meaningful return values using "ignore" or "check" and put them in a Property.... without the installer ending due to the return value? I've managed to change the command argument with other customactions that change the QtExecCmdLine property, which i call from the dialog in the same way i call the CAQuietExec action. It seems that the return values i get from these custom actions varies a great deal based on what i put in the "return" field. Obviously that is a foolish statement but all the same. The result I get is that Check or ignore both get a return value of 1 regardless of the argument I use, so if i ping localhost i get the same result as if i ping ".aiodopyhdolhrxrlaoediou". If I use the asyn return types it is more accurate as in i get a 0 or a 1630 error, however this is not consistent as the custom actions are smashing into each other because they are async. -----Original Message----- From: Simon Topley Sent: 22 September 2009 16:17 To: 'wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net' Subject: RE: Ping Server from dialog I've triggered it from the dialog using DoAction: <Control Id="Install" Type="PushButton" X="236" Y="243" Width="56" Height="17" Default="yes" Text="&Next >"> <Publish Event="NewDialog" Value="[WixUI_RMSPortInput_Next]">1</Publish> <Publish Event="DoAction" Value="pingISAServer">1</Publish> </Control> I still haven't taclked putting the return value in a property, but i notice that you don't tell CAQuietExec to use QtExecCmdLine, so when i came to adding a second command line call I hit a wall, is there a way to specify what property should be used by CAQuietExec? 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