Windows Installer doesn't support logging the console output of command you execute through a custom action.
Consider using CAQuietExec to execute your custom action. That will do two things for you: 1.) Hide the command prompt window that shows up for console applications. 2.) Capture your console application's output and include it in the MSI log file. See the WiX documentation to read up on CAQuietExec. Of course, I would *highly* discourage you from using the custom action to register your application as support for repair, uninstall, and all the different types of rollback are more difficult to handle (you're allowing a blackbox to execute that _could_ do anything). That said, if you still want to register your application using the custom action, then consider scheduling it between InstallInitialize and InstallFinalize and make the custom action deferred. Obviously you'll want to schedule it at least after InstallFiles. Edwin G. Castro Software Developer - Staff Electronic Banking Services Fiserv Office: 503-746-0643 Fax: 503-617-0291 www.fiserv.com Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail > -----Original Message----- > From: rahul.ekb...@sungard.com [mailto:rahul.ekb...@sungard.com] > Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 1:53 AM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] Logging information > > Hi, > > I am running following custom action which runs /RegServer command. > > > > <File Id='distributeserver' Name="DISTRIBUTESERVERFILE" src="f:\Program > Files\Ambit ALM 6\ALMEngine\distributionserver.exe" > > /> > > > > <CustomAction Id='DISTRIBUTESERVERCUSTOMACTION' > FileKey='distributeserver' ExeCommand=' /RegServer' Execute > ='immediate' > > Return='ignore'/> > > > > > > <InstallExecuteSequence> > > <Custom Action='DISTRIBUTESERVERCUSTOMACTION' > After='InstallFinalize' /> > > </InstallExecuteSequence> > > > > > > I am ruunig msi using command line msiexec.exe /i installer.msi > <file:///\\pc307\path\alm_installer.msi> /L*v c: install.txt > > > > However I am not seeing what exactly command executed by my custom > action. Can anyone know how to log customaction in log file ( means > what is exact command fired by custom action). > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > Rahul Ekbote > > Senior Software Engineer * SunGard * ALM * Bancware * > > SunGard Technology Services (India), Meridian Plaza, > > S B Road, Shivajinagar, Pune 411016. > > Direct Tel +91-20-25606237 * Main Tel +91-20-30238000 * Fax > +91-20-25606222 * rahul.ekb...@sungard.com > <mailto:rahul.ekb...@sos.sungard.com> * www.sungard.com > <http://www.sungard.com/bancware> /bancware > > ____________________________________________________ > P Think before you print > CONFIDENTIALITY: This e-mail (including any attachments) may contain > confidential, proprietary and privileged information, and unauthorized > disclosure or use is prohibited. If you receive this e-mail in error, > please notify the sender and delete this e-mail from your system. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint > What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? > Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
