Hello,
I am trying to use WiX v3.7.910.0 to create an installer in Visual Studio
2012 (4.5 Framework) . My executable file uses TopShelf
(http://topshelf-project.com/), which auto-installs via a command line.
I have a couple of custom actions that install and start the service, as
shown below
...
<ComponentGroup Id="ProductComponents" Directory="INSTALLFOLDER">
<Component Id="IntegrationFramework.exe"
Guid="01163074-63CB-4F2A-A261-BD7AE8FB5DE6">
<File
Source="$(var.IntegrationFramework.TargetDir)\IntegrationFramework.exe" />
</Component>
...
</ComponentGroup>
...
<CustomAction Id='InstallSvc' Directory='INSTALLFOLDER' Execute='commit'
ExeCommand='[INSTALLFOLDER]IntegrationFramework.exe install --sudo'
Return='check'>
<RULE GOES HERE>
</CustomAction>
<CustomAction Id='StartSvc' Directory='INSTALLFOLDER' Execute='commit'
ExeCommand='[INSTALLFOLDER]IntegrationFramework.exe start --sudo'
Return='check'>
<RULE GOES HERE>
</CustomAction>
I am confused about how to ensure that the custom actions only run during
install time. All the examples I have seen online state that a rule needs to
be placed in the <RULE GOES HERE> section, but I have tried the following
values and the custom actions seem to run on both installs and uninstalls...
"NOT Installed"
"$IntegrationFramework.exe=3"
"(REMOVE<>'ALL')"
It is as if the rule is being ignored. For each of those values my custom
actions run during install (which is fine) but it also runs during uninstall
(which I don't want).
Also, the WiX 3 documentation for the CustomAction element at
http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/wix_xsd_customaction.htm says...
"The text node is only valid if the Script attribute is specified. In that
case, the text node contains the script to embed."
That seems to indicate that <RULE GOES HERE> will indeed be ignored in my
case, since I am not using a script.
What is the correct way for me to ensure that a custom action only runs
during the install but not during the uninstall?
-David
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