IMHO: best practice in Windows Installer is in this order: 1. Find a way to accomplish what you need to do using standard (built-in) actions (see Bob's "semi-custom" actions if you need to compute things like registry keys, etc. at install-time). 2. Use a well-written, well-tested, and well-used library of custom actions (such as those in WiX). 3. Write a DLL-based custom action. 4. Use an EXE already supplied by the platform you must affect (using CAQuietExec which both shows the EXE's console output in the log in case of errors AND gets rid of the "console-window-flash" that can occur with calling EXE CAs directly). Use this only when the platform doesn't provide any programmatic way of accomplishing what you are doing except for the CLI EXE you are using.
The units of the "cost" of a deferred custom action are in bytes of installing (copying) a file, so if the time it takes to run your custom action is the same as the time to copy a 10,000 byte file, you would use a cost of 10,000 when scheduling your deferred custom action. Blair -----Original Message----- From: Sean Farrow [mailto:sean.far...@seanfarrow.co.uk] Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2011 3:07 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] using CaQuietExec in a defered custom action Hi: I'm in the process of rewriting my installer custom actions to follow WiX best practices. I was previously using CAQuietExec and now have two questions: Can I reuse this from a custom action dll I write, or is it best to include all code in my own dll. And secondly, how do I determine the cost of a custom action such as CaQuietExec. Any help appreciated. Regards Sean. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Gaining the trust of online customers is vital for the success of any company that requires sensitive data to be transmitted over the Web. Learn how to best implement a security strategy that keeps consumers' information secure and instills the confidence they need to proceed with transactions. http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Protect Your Site and Customers from Malware Attacks Learn about various malware tactics and how to avoid them. Understand malware threats, the impact they can have on your business, and how you can protect your company and customers by using code signing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
