Yes, that was it! I guess I have been out of native development too long... Thanks for the reminder on the function export.
Thanks again! On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 10:50 AM, Leonidas Spyropoulos < leonidas.spyropou...@formicary.net> wrote: > On 05/01/2011 15:30, Andy Clugston wrote: > > Hi Users, > Hey Andy, > > > > > I am running into a bit of an issue while attempting to hook a C++ dll > > custom action into my installer. From all my research and debugging it > > appears that I have things setup properly. I have some tracing (message > > boxes) to indicate when DLLMain is entered/exited as well as my CA > function. > > The dll is being loaded as can be seen by my tracing, but my CA function > is > > not being called. Verbose logging is not telling me much, other than a > 1603, > > and the typical "Return value 3" error. > > > > I followed the tutorial here: > > http://www.wixwiki.com/index.php?title=Simple_Custom_Action_Dll > > > > Depends shows that the function is being exported properly as I see the > > exported function/ordinal. > > I followed the tutorial couple of days ago and got relativly same issues. > At the end after some googling I added: extern "C" _declspec(dllexport) > in the definition of the function I use like: > extern "C" _declspec(dllexport) UINT __stdcall ConfigForH2(MSIHANDLE > hInstaller){ > ...} > > Also if you want to use properties from the UISequence you have to add > another CustomAction which will be run BEFORE the actual CustomAction to > set up the Properties. eg. > > -- > <CustomAction Id ="ExporterConfiguration.SetProperties" Return="check" > Property="ExporterConfiguration" > > Value="InstallLocation=[INSTALLLOCATION];Username=[UserIdBox];Password=[PasswordBox];" > /> > > <CustomAction Id ="ExporterConfiguration" BinaryKey="CustomAction" > DllEntry="ConfigForH2" Execute="deferred"/> > > And when I call the Custom Actions: > <InstallExecuteSequence> > <Custom Action="ExporterConfiguration.SetProperties" > Before="ExporterConfiguration"><![CDATA[NOT Installed]]></Custom> > <Custom Action="ExporterConfiguration" > Before="InstallFinalize"><![CDATA[NOT Installed]]></Custom> > </InstallExecuteSequence> > > I hope this is useful to you. > > > > Some other things to mention: > > > > - I am using the __stdcall convention > > - To be safe, the dll is statically linked to the runtime (even though > the > > runtime is installed on the target) > > - The CA dll is being create via VS 2008 and the WiX version is 3.0.5419. > > - CustomAction element is setting the Id, BinaryKey, and > > DllEntry=MyCAFunction > > - Custom element is being sequenced: Before=InstallFinalize > > - Viewing the MSI via Orca, everything seems to be in order > > - Same issue on 32 and 64 bit versions of Windows 7 > > > > Thanks! > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Learn how Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) One Node allows > customers > > to consolidate database storage, standardize their database environment, > and, > > should the need arise, upgrade to a full multi-node Oracle RAC database > > without downtime or disruption > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > -- > Leonidas Spyropoulos > Formicary - delivering quality financial technology solutions > www.formicary.net > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is confidential and may be privileged. 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