An exception or an error of some sort is being thrown because the FatalError Dialog displays. The error is not identified.
Does it work on your machine? -----Original Message----- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 12:04 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] External Custom Action Not Working What is the issue? On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 3:06 PM, Roy Clemmons <roy_clemm...@hotmail.com>wrote: > I hope this didn't post twice. I didn't see it in the forum, but, forgive > me > if this is a duplicate. > > All I'm trying to do is execute an external vbscript using a custom action. > It doesn't seem to work. A search on the forum reveals I'm not the only one > experiencing this problem. Someone providing a solution would provide a > great example for those of us with the problem and for future reference. > > The two files are included below. Can anyone get this to work? > > Product.wxs > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> > <Product > Id="B55596A8-93E3-47EB-84C4-D7FE07D0CAF4" > Name="Test" > Language="1033" > Version="2.0.0.0" > Manufacturer="Test Company" > UpgradeCode="B414C827-8D81-4B4A-B3B6-338C06DE3A11"> > > <Package InstallerVersion="301" Compressed="yes" /> > > <UIRef Id="WixUI_Minimal" /> > > <Binary Id="myScriptVBS" SourceFile="myScript.vbs" /> > <CustomAction Id="myScript_CA" BinaryKey="myScriptVBS" > VBScriptCall="myFunction"></CustomAction> > > <InstallUISequence> > <Custom Action="myScript_CA" After="LaunchConditions" /> > </InstallUISequence> > </Product> > </Wix> > > myScript.vbs > Sub myFunction() > msgbox "Hello, World!" > End Sub > > Thanks in advance. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content > authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image > Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
