We dealt with the same problem in http://msiext.codeplex.com - wanting to show the user a meaningful error message. All errors bubble up as exceptions and all custom actions set the CA_ERROR property to the error message that usually includes the error code.
Sanjay: did you write the CA? This is something that could be a good feature request for all wix custom actions. dB. @ dblock.org Moscow|Geneva|Seattle|New York -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Painter [mailto:chr...@deploymentengineering.com] Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 2:45 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] how to get error code returned by custom action Windows Installer has no such concept of return codes when calling custom actions. To get the behavior you are looking for will depend on what kind of custom action you are using. Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread that deserves attention? E-Mail Me ----- Original Message ---- From: Sanjay Rao <s...@noida.interrasystems.com> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Thu, September 30, 2010 1:36:32 PM Subject: [WiX-users] how to get error code returned by custom action Hi, Does anybody have any idea, how to get the error code returned by a custom action? I want to display a dialog box based upon the return code of the custom action. Regards, Sanjay Rao ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
