In every .CUB file created by Microsoft, each action is an immediate custom action contained in the .CUB file itself. The two .CUB files I wrote worked the same way (immediate custom actions I put into the .CUB file). Each one of those used MsiProcessMessage and each one spewed through smoke the exact same way as the Microsoft supplied ones. I never had to use any other means to get to the console (nor did I ever try).
It is expected that all custom actions that smoke runs will all be immediate actions since they don't change any state, they instead verify the internal state of the .MSI database, thus it isn't expected that they would require admin privs or any other reason that the action would be anything other than immediate. -----Original Message----- From: nagaram.c [mailto:nagara...@symphony.cc] Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 9:54 PM To: 'Blair'; 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: RE: [WiX-users] writing to console from smoke.exe using custom action I already tried below solution but is not writing to console, I think MsiProcessMessage works only if the custom action is run through msiexec or if the CA is immediate mode, but where as I am running these CA through smoke utility & for the CA to be made immediate I will have to create the CA from using installer project work space. In some of samples I have seen it uses OutputDebugString for writing it to the console Naga Ram M Chavakula | Project Manager O: 608.448.3116 |M: 0091.9885778079 | nagara...@symphony.cc Symphony Corporation | Hyderabad, A.P.India-500 082 | A SEI-CMMI Level 4 Company We synchronize business, technology and people -----Original Message----- From: Blair [mailto:os...@live.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 7:35 AM To: nagara...@symphony.cc; 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: RE: [WiX-users] writing to console from smoke.exe using custom action You need to use MsiProcessMessage with the INSTALLMESSAGE_USER type. See http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/aa369205.aspx for details. -----Original Message----- From: nagaram.c [mailto:nagara...@symphony.cc] Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 5:13 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] writing to console from smoke.exe using custom action Hi, I wrote a custom action dll in C++ & added to .cub file that I am using in -cub switch in smoke.exe, I was not successful in writing to console like the ICE(s) in darice.cub does it but I am able to display the log info in MessageBox. Thanks, Nag ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
