Thanks for the ideas Steve.
I tried running my code in a separate thread, like yours, but it still
hangs. I'm running on Windows Vista Business 32-bit. I noticed, by
accident, that in Process Explorer when the custom action starts up that
a new process tree is spawned:
1. msiexec.exe
2. msiexec.exe
3. rundll.exe (DTF Self-Extracting Custom Action)
The custom action is run when I click the next button on the
ServiceOptionsDlg in my installer. The 1st time I click the button it
hangs. If I kill the process tree above and click the next button
again, it runs my custom action. Every time after that, if I click
"next", my custom action works fine. I'm baffled why. Here's the log
from me, killing the process tree the 1st time (the one at
11:11:06:126), then running my custom action (Directory.Exists()) on a
path of "t" and then on a path of "C:\":
Action 11:08:53: ServiceOptionsDlg. Dialog created
MSI (c) (CC:24) [11:08:58:414]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding ARCHIVE_PATH
property. Its value is 't'.
MSI (c) (CC:24) [11:08:58:543]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding
_DirectoryExists_Path property. Its value is 't'.
MSI (c) (CC:24) [11:08:58:543]: Doing action: CheckArchiveDirectory
Action 11:08:58: CheckArchiveDirectory.
Action start 11:08:58: CheckArchiveDirectory.
MSI (c) (CC:80) [11:08:58:573]: Invoking remote custom action. DLL:
C:\Users\e25735\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIF23D.tmp, Entrypoint:
DirectoryExists
MSI (c) (CC:A8) [11:08:58:574]: Cloaking enabled.
MSI (c) (CC:A8) [11:08:58:574]: Attempting to enable all disabled
privileges before calling Install on Server
MSI (c) (CC:A8) [11:08:58:575]: Connected to service for CA interface.
Action ended 11:11:02: CheckArchiveDirectory. Return value 1.
MSI (c) (CC:24) [11:11:06:126]: Doing action: CheckArchiveDirectory
Action 11:11:06: CheckArchiveDirectory.
Action start 11:11:06: CheckArchiveDirectory.
MSI (c) (CC:A0) [11:11:06:184]: Invoking remote custom action. DLL:
C:\Users\e25735\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIE4A7.tmp, Entrypoint:
DirectoryExists
MSI (c) (CC:A0) [11:11:06:184]: Lost connection to custom action server
process. Attempting to regenerate.
MSI (c) (CC:A8) [11:11:06:259]: Cloaking enabled.
MSI (c) (CC:A8) [11:11:06:259]: Attempting to enable all disabled
privileges before calling Install on Server
MSI (c) (CC:A8) [11:11:06:259]: Connected to service for CA interface.
MSI (c) (CC!8C) [11:11:31:366]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding
_DirectoryExists_Result property. Its value is 'no'.
Action ended 11:11:47: CheckArchiveDirectory. Return value 1.
MSI (c) (CC:24) [11:11:47:571]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding VErr_Text
property. Its value is 'The archive path specified does not exist.'.
Action 11:11:47: ValidationErrDlg. Dialog created
MSI (c) (CC:24) [11:11:57:555]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Modifying ARCHIVE_PATH
property. Its current value is 't'. Its new value: 'c:\'.
MSI (c) (CC:24) [11:11:57:731]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Modifying
_DirectoryExists_Path property. Its current value is 't'. Its new value:
'c:\'.
MSI (c) (CC:24) [11:11:57:731]: Doing action: CheckArchiveDirectory
Action 11:11:57: CheckArchiveDirectory.
Action start 11:11:57: CheckArchiveDirectory.
MSI (c) (CC:14) [11:11:57:745]: Invoking remote custom action. DLL:
C:\Users\e25735\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIAE3D.tmp, Entrypoint:
DirectoryExists
MSI (c) (CC!E8) [11:12:05:774]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Modifying
_DirectoryExists_Result property. Its current value is 'no'. Its new
value: 'yes'.
Action ended 11:12:06: CheckArchiveDirectory. Return value 1.
Action 11:12:06: VerifyReadyDlg. Dialog created
It appears that the 1st time my custom action runs, it's hanging before
it even gets to my code. I've tried putting MessageBox and
System.Diagnosics.Debugger.Launch() as the 1st line of code in my custom
action. They never get called. I also tried this on our SIT Windows
2003 server. The custom action runs without hanging. Here is the log:
Action 11:44:17: ServiceOptionsDlg. Dialog created
MSI (c) (68:74) [11:44:20:682]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding ARCHIVE_PATH
property. Its value is 't'.
MSI (c) (68:74) [11:44:20:854]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding
_DirectoryExists_Path property. Its value is 't'.
MSI (c) (68:74) [11:44:20:854]: Doing action: CheckArchiveDirectory
Action 11:44:20: CheckArchiveDirectory.
Action start 11:44:20: CheckArchiveDirectory.
MSI (c) (68:1C) [11:44:21:651]: Invoking remote custom action. DLL:
C:\DOCUME~1\e25735\LOCALS~1\Temp\1\MSI2.tmp, Entrypoint: DirectoryExists
MSI (c) (68:AC) [11:44:21:667]: Cloaking enabled.
MSI (c) (68:AC) [11:44:21:667]: Attempting to enable all disabled
priveleges before calling Install on Server
MSI (c) (68:AC) [11:44:21:667]: Connected to service for CA interface.
MSI (c) (68!68) [11:44:22:745]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding
_DirectoryExists_Result property. Its value is 'no'.
Action ended 11:44:22: CheckArchiveDirectory. Return value 1.
MSI (c) (68:74) [11:44:22:901]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding VErr_Text
property. Its value is 'The archive path specified does not exist.'.
Action 11:44:22: ValidationErrDlg. Dialog created
MSI (c) (68:74) [11:44:29:480]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Modifying ARCHIVE_PATH
property. Its current value is 't'. Its new value: 'c:\'.
MSI (c) (68:74) [11:44:29:637]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Modifying
_DirectoryExists_Path property. Its current value is 't'. Its new value:
'c:\'.
MSI (c) (68:74) [11:44:29:637]: Doing action: CheckArchiveDirectory
Action 11:44:29: CheckArchiveDirectory.
Action start 11:44:29: CheckArchiveDirectory.
MSI (c) (68:00) [11:44:29:668]: Invoking remote custom action. DLL:
C:\DOCUME~1\e25735\LOCALS~1\Temp\1\MSI3.tmp, Entrypoint: DirectoryExists
MSI (c) (68!00) [11:44:30:387]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Modifying
_DirectoryExists_Result property. Its current value is 'no'. Its new
value: 'yes'.
Action ended 11:44:30: CheckArchiveDirectory. Return value 1.
Action 11:44:30: VerifyReadyDlg. Dialog created
Anyone have any ideas what would be causing the hang? It was thinking
it might be permissions or a group policy setting but then running the
custom action should fail every time.
Thank,
Chris McKinnon
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Green [mailto:sgr...@gtl.biz]
Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 2:38 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Calling a managed custom action from a UI
control
Chris,
I had a similar problem opening the windows OpenFileDialog common
dialog. I
found it would work fine on Windows Server 2003 but on Windows 7 it just
hung, showing the same spinning wheel.
I ended up having to open the dialog in a new thread, then all worked
fine.
My C# code was as follows:
public class ShowOpenFileDlg
{
private OpenFileDialog _dlg;
private Session _session;
public ShowOpenFileDlg(Session session)
{
_session = session;
_dlg = new OpenFileDialog();
}
public void Show()
{
if (_dlg.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
{
_session["BROWSEFILE"] = _dlg.FileName;
}
}
}
[CustomAction]
public static ActionResult ShowFileOpenDlg(Session session)
{
ShowOpenFileDlg dlg = new ShowOpenFileDlg(session);
Thread thread = new Thread(dlg.Show);
thread.SetApartmentState(ApartmentState.STA);
thread.Start();
thread.Join();
return ActionResult.Success;
}
As for debugging, I had the same problem with the log file so ended up
just
adding MessageBox.Show(...) lines through my code.
Hope this helps.
Steve
McKinnon Chris wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have built a managed custom action to check if a UNC path exists.
I'm
> not installing to this path. This path is simply being set as the
value
> of a .config file setting during the install. I just want to verify
> that it is a valid path. The custom action is defined as follows:
>
> [CustomAction]
> public static ActionResult DirectoryExists(Session session)
> {
> CustomActionService service = new CustomActionService();
> return service.DirectoryExists(session);
> }
>
> I created the custom action project using the Visual Studio template
for
> a C# custom action. This custom action expects a
> "_DirectoryExists_Path" property to contain the path to check. And it
> populates a "_DirectoryExists_Result" with a "yes" (true) or "no"
> (false) result. The custom action is just calling
> System.IO.Directory.Exists() to do the check. I have the custom
action
> defined in the installer like so:
>
> <CustomAction Id="CheckArchiveDirectory"
> BinaryKey="AppDevInstallCustomActions.dll" DllEntry="DirectoryExists"
> Execute="immediate" Return="ignore" Impersonate="yes" />
>
> And to be called in the UI, like so:
>
> <Publish Dialog="ServiceOptionsDlg" Control="Back" Event="NewDialog"
> Value="ServiceCredentialsDlg">1</Publish>
> <Publish Dialog="ServiceOptionsDlg" Control="Next"
> Property="_DirectoryExists_Path" Value="[ARCHIVE_PATH]"
> Order="1">1</Publish>
> <Publish Dialog="ServiceOptionsDlg" Control="Next" Event="DoAction"
> Value="CheckArchiveDirectory" Order="2">1</Publish>
> <Publish Dialog="ServiceOptionsDlg" Control="Next"
Property="VErr_Text"
> Value="The archive path specified does not exist."
> Order="3"><![CDATA[_DirectoryExists_Result = "no"]]></Publish>
> <Publish Dialog="ServiceOptionsDlg" Control="Next" Event="SpawnDialog"
> Value="ValidationErrDlg" Order="4"><![CDATA[_DirectoryExists_Result =
> "no"]]></Publish>
> <Publish Dialog="ServiceOptionsDlg" Control="Next" Event="NewDialog"
> Value="VerifyReadyDlg" Order="5"><![CDATA[_DirectoryExists_Result =
> "yes"]]></Publish>
>
> When run to the installer and click the "Next" button, I get the
> spinning blue wheel of death. I've tried adding a
> "System.Diagnostics.Debugger.Launch();" line to the above code but the
> debugger is never launched. If I run a verbose log, it just ends at
the
> line before the custom action call. Here's the last 5 lines:
>
> Action 10:41:55: ServiceOptionsDlg. Dialog created
> MSI (c) (20:44) [10:41:57:524]: Doing action: CheckArchiveDirectory
> Action 10:41:57: CheckArchiveDirectory.
> Action start 10:41:57: CheckArchiveDirectory.
> MSI (c) (20:6C) [10:41:57:541]: Invoking remote custom action. DLL:
>
> I'm stumped. Any ideas or tips for debugging this would be
> appreciated. I'm also encrypting (and decrypting) my .config files
> using this same managed custom action dll, so I know the DLL is
> partially working. These custom actions are scheduled in the
> InstallExecuteSequence after "InstallFinalize", however.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris McKinnon
>
>
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