Not having done it (since I've always used the native C interface directly from C++) it appears that the Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller Namespace would contain what you need.
To process the logging stuff yourself (instead of sending it to a file first) you will use the "external ui" APIs and specify which callbacks you want (what you want to log, basically). Always return MessageResult.None from your external ui delegate if all you are doing is logging to not otherwise alter the course of the installation. -----Original Message----- From: Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro) [mailto:edwin.cas...@fiserv.com] Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 4:04 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Using DTF to Capture MSI Log Output while MSI Package is Installing I have a powershell script that uses msiexec to install a few msi packages. Currently it executes msiexec and waits for it to finish before reading the generated log file to determine success/failure as well as printing interesting messages to the console. I would really like to capture the msi log output as it happens so that the powershell script can make decisions about what to print to the console while msiexec is executing rather than having to wait until the very end. Is it possible to hook into DTF to get that output in real-time? Edwin G. Castro Software Developer - Staff Electronic Banking Services Fiserv Office: 503-746-0643 Fax: 503-617-0291 www.fiserv.com<http://www.fiserv.com/> P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
