Something like this?
int SendSampleICEMessage(void)
{
PMSIHANDLE hRecord = MsiCreateRecord(1);
UINT error = MsiRecordSetString(hRecord, 0,
"Name of ICE\tMessage Type\tDescription\tHelp URL or location\tTable
Name\tColumn Name\tPrimary Key\tPrimary Key\tPrimary Key . . . (repeat for
as many primary keys as needed)"); // first three tab-delimited fields are
required. Primary Key are the values of the primary key columns in order.
Most tables have only one.
if (0 == error)
{
return MsiProcessMessage(hInstall, INSTALLMESSAGE_USER, hRecord);
}
return (int) error;
}
-----Original Message-----
From: nagaram.c [mailto:nagara...@symphony.cc]
Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 5:20 AM
To: 'Blair'; 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.';
'Schrieken, Rene'
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] writing to console from smoke.exe using
customaction
I tried this option but still the issue exist.
- Nag
-----Original Message-----
From: Blair [mailto:os...@live.com]
Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 5:22 AM
To: nagara...@symphony.cc; 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML
toolset.'; 'Schrieken, Rene'
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] writing to console from smoke.exe using
customaction
What is the "Windows Installer project workspace" you speak of?
The custom action code itself isn't "marked" for one or the other. That
marking is done by the type setting in the CustomAction table for the custom
action (the "InScript" flag). There are differences in what code that is run
as either deferred or immediate can do/access, but those are beside the
point.
My C++ custom actions that I put in my custom .CUB files are simply Win32
dlls written in C++ where all the entry points are all Windows Installer
custom actions that are marked 'extern "C"' and are also listed in the .def
file to prevent any form of compiler/linker decoration.
-----Original Message-----
From: nagaram.c [mailto:nagara...@symphony.cc]
Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 10:08 PM
To: 'Blair'; 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.';
'Schrieken, Rene'
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] writing to console from smoke.exe using
customaction
Thanks Blair, yes I have read it in MSDN, but the example code for such
configuration uses Microsoft Installer project workspace in which there is a
properties toolbar for selecting either immediate or differed modes for the
selected CA, here in this case I created the CA DLL using VC++ project
workspace, there is no documentation that suggests what compiler setting is
needed for the custom action DLL to be run in immediate mode. Can you
suggest?
- Nag
-----Original Message-----
From: Blair [mailto:os...@live.com]
Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 9:47 PM
To: nagara...@symphony.cc; 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML
toolset.'; 'Schrieken, Rene'
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] writing to console from smoke.exe using
customaction
Custom Actions in CUB files are supposed to be immediate custom actions.
Please read MSDN. Use MsiProcessMessage.
-----Original Message-----
From: nagaram.c [mailto:nagara...@symphony.cc]
Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 3:33 AM
To: 'Schrieken, Rene'; 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML
toolset.'
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] writing to console from smoke.exe using
customaction
With the below code WriteFile is returning false, GetLastError shows Handle
is invalid
Nag
_____
From: Schrieken, Rene [mailto:rene.schrie...@logica.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 11:41 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Cc: nagara...@symphony.cc
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] writing to console from smoke.exe using
customaction
Looking at your code and reading msdn WriteConsole(szBuffer); might fail.
Something with ansi and widechar but this is really not my area of
expertise. Can you try to see if this might work: (everybody else: HELP!)
AttachConsole(...);
HANDLE file;
file = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
// check if you have something valid
// you might need an if for non-redirected output?
BOOL ok;
ok = WriteFile(file, szBuffer, somesafelenfunc(szBuffer), &written, NULL);
// check if true is returned
FreeConsole(...);
Please save everything before you try this...
_____
Van: nagaram.c [mailto:nagara...@symphony.cc]
Verzonden: di 29-12-2009 8:04
Aan: Schrieken, Rene; 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML
toolset.'; 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.'
Onderwerp: Re: [WiX-users] writing to console from smoke.exe using
customaction
Thanks for that, but it is only writing to file what ever is displayed in
the command window through other ICE(s) (ICE1 - 1CE100) performed by
darice.cub, but not those of my CA even through it can display in the
command window
Nag
_____
From: Schrieken, Rene [mailto:rene.schrie...@logica.com]
Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2009 10:46 AM
To: nagara...@symphony.cc; General discussion for Windows Installer XML
toolset.; General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] writing to console from smoke.exe using
customaction
smoke.exe - cub myCub.cub myMSI.msi >> smoke.log
(use two >> to redirect output, that will open the file for append, instead
of create)
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Van: nagaram.c [mailto:nagara...@symphony.cc]
Verzonden: do 24-12-2009 6:46
Aan: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.'; 'Blair'
Onderwerp: Re: [WiX-users] writing to console from smoke.exe using
customaction
I found a solution, the custom action DLL isn't writing to console unless I
call AttachConsole as like below
cpid = GetCurrentProcessId();
hWnd = FindWindowEx(NULL, NULL, _T("ConsoleWindowClass"), NULL);
//this need not be the same console where the process is running at
//need to fetch parent process id & check if they are same
GetWindowThreadProcessId(hWnd, & ppid);
cppid = GetParentPID(cpid); //user defined function to get the parent id
if(cppid == ppid) //then this is the same console what we are looking for
{
AttachConsole(cppid);
WriteConsole(szBuffer);
FreeConsole();
}
else
{
//continue with FindWindow till the right parent is identified
}
Also smoke isn't calling CA directly instead its validation engine invokes
these CA through msiexec process, so GetParentPID has to get its 2 parents
for to cmd.exe PID
Now I need to redirect validation errors that are displayed in console to
log file I know this could be done by using something like
smoke.exe - cub myCub.cub myMSI.msi > smoke.log
but every time I run the smoke the log file gets overwritten, is there a way
that I can append to the existing log file.
If I do create my own logging in the CA then this log contains only those
logs generated by my CA which in case the other validations of ICEs (1-100)
done by darice.cub will not be listed into my log file, so this is not the
efficient solution. It would be much efficient if the log file generated by
> switch in the command line could get appended every time the program is
executed
Nag
-----Original Message-----
From: nagaram.c [mailto:nagara...@symphony.cc]
Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 11:54 PM
To: 'Blair'; 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.'
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] writing to console from smoke.exe using
customaction
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
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-----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
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