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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: Kevin Burton [mailto:kev...@buyseasons.com] > Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 2:15 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] C# Custom Action questions > > I think I have solved this problem. The CA was scheduled in the > InstallExecuteSequence and was marked as 'deferred' so I created the > following 'Custom Data'. > > <CustomAction Id="SetProperty" Property="CA_CheckCredentials" > Value="[SERVICEUSER],[SERVICEPASSWORD]" /> > <CustomAction Id="CA_CheckCredentials" > Return="check" > Execute="deferred" > BinaryKey="CustomActionsDLL" > DllEntry="CheckCredentials"/> > > And scheduled it like (I am trying to follow the instructions on page 133 of > 'WiX: A Developer's Guide to Windows Installer XML' by Nick Ramirez) > > <InstallExecuteSequence> > <Custom Action="SetProperty" Before="CA_CheckCredentials" /> > <Custom Action="CA_CheckCredentials" After="InstallInitialize" /> > </InstallExecuteSequence> > > Now I get the ICE warning: > > warning LGHT1076: ICE63: Some action falls between InstallInitialize and > RemoveExistingProducts. > > Is this a "bad" warning? I don't completely understand why this scheduling is > bad. I would like to know that the credentials are bad *before* the existing > products are removed. > > If I look at the .msi generated with Orca I see that in the > InstallExecuteSequence table > > InstallInitialize 1500 > SetProperty 1501 > CA_CheckCredentials 1502 > RemoveExistingProducts 1503 > > This seems like a valid sequence to me but I am obviously missing something > as the warning is there for a purpose. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Christopher Painter [mailto:chr...@deploymentengineering.com] > Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 3:30 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] C# Custom Action questions > > If I had to guess you calling this CA as a ControlEvent off a Dialog / > Control in > your UI sequence. Am I correct? If so, it's a known issue that Msi lacks the > ability to process messages in this scenario. The workaround is to set a > dummy property to see a "PROPERTY CHANGED" message in the log file > where the value is the data you are trying to log. > > Chris > > --- > 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: Kevin Burton <kev...@buyseasons.com> > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Sent: Wed, March 9, 2011 3:24:17 PM > Subject: [WiX-users] C# Custom Action questions > > > I have a very simple C# Custom Action that is supposed to verify credentials: > > using Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller; > > namespace BuySeasons.BsiServices.Install { > public class CustomActions > { > [CustomAction] > public static ActionResult CheckCredentials(Session session) > { > session.Log(string.Format("Begin CheckCredentials - {0}/{1}", > session["SERVICEUSER"], session["SERVICEPASSWORD"])); > bool valid = false; > using (PrincipalContext context = new > PrincipalContext(ContextType.Domain, "ASGARD")) > { > valid = context.ValidateCredentials(session["SERVICEUSER"], > session["SERVICEPASSWORD"]); > } > if(valid) > return ActionResult.Success; > else > return ActionResult.Failure; > } > } > } > It is included in the WiX Product as > > <Binary Id="CustomActionsDLL" > > SourceFile="C:\Projects\....\bin\$(var.Configuration)\BrainCustomActions.C > A.dll" > /> > > <CustomAction Id="CA_CheckCredentials" > Return="check" > Execute="deferred" > BinaryKey="CustomActionsDLL" > DllEntry="CheckCredentials"/> > > And scheduled as: > > <InstallExecuteSequence> > <Custom Action="CA_CheckCredentials" After="InstallInitialize" /> > </InstallExecuteSequence> > > This all compiles to a .msi without error. I can see CA_CheckCredentials in > Orca just where I want it. But it doesn't seem to be called. I look at the > verbose log and the closest reference I see is: > > Action start 14:56:05: InstallInitialize. > MSI (s) (B0:4C) [14:56:06:052]: Doing action: CA_CheckCredentials MSI (s) > (B0:4C) [14:56:06:052]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3: ActionText > > I don't see the string 'Begin CheckCredentials' as in the code above. 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