Ya your right Peter, but in our case we distribute this msi to thousands of machines and usually this happens after business hours, the problem is the users leave the application open so this stuffs up the distribution process. anyway will try this way for now and will see what they say.
thanks, On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 4:06 PM, Peter Shirtcliffe <pshirtcli...@sdl.com>wrote: > That would be unwise. The user could have unsaved work that would be lost > when the process was killed. Let the user sort it out if it gets that far. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Muzikayise Flynn Buthelezi [mailto:muzkay...@gmail.com] > Sent: 18 October 2012 14:58 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] CloseApplication > > the close util:CloseApplication works fine because it closes the > application > graciously by displaying a dialog box with a close message within the > application. but i needed something that would "kill" the process and i > found > the following: > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11439767/how-to-kill-a-process-from-wix > > <Property Id="QtExecCmdLine" > Value='"[WindowsFolder]\System32\taskkill.exe" /F /IM MyProcess.exe'/> > <CustomAction Id="MyProcess.TaskKill" BinaryKey="WixCA" > DllEntry="CAQuietExec" Execute="immediate" Return="ignore"/> > > it works fine but it displays this warning message below, my question > is: Is there a better way to add this property? > > C:\Product.wxs(24) : warning CNDL1077 : The 'QtExecCmdLine' Property > contains > '[WindowsFolder]' in its value which is an illegal reference to another > property. If this value is a string literal, not a property reference, > please ignore this warning. To set a property with the value of another > property, use a CustomAction with Property and Value attributes. > > > > > On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 8:41 PM, Phil Wilson <phil.wil...@mvps.org> wrote: > > You can write a custom action that uses the MsiProcessMessage (or > > equivalent) call with INSTALLMESSAGE_FILESINUSE to cause a FilesInUse > > dialog to display, as long as you populate the required record in the > right > way. > > > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa371614(v=vs. > > 85).as > > px > > > > Phil > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Peter Shirtcliffe [mailto:pshirtcli...@sdl.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 9:12 AM > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] CloseApplication > > > > I don't think you can make the filesinuse dialog appear without trying > > to replace a file in use. Why not close Outlook for the user with > > CloseMessage="yes" ? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: StevenOgilvie [mailto:sogil...@msn.com] > > Sent: 17 October 2012 16:21 > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] CloseApplication > > > > I am trying to close Outlook since our product is a add-in for > > outlook, the uninstall brings the FileInUseProcess which is great, but > > I also want this for the INSTALL > > > > I am doing this but it is not working: > > > > <util:CloseApplication Id="CloseMicrosoftOutlook" > > Property="FileInUseProcess" CloseMessage="no" ElevatedCloseMessage="no" > > Description="Microsoft Outlook is open and needs to be closed before > > this installation continues" RebootPrompt="no" Target="OUTLOOK.EXE" /> > > <CustomAction Id="CA_SetProperty_FileInUseProcess" > Execute="immediate" > > Impersonate="yes" Property="[FileInUseProcess]" Value="OUTLOOK.EXE"/> > > <UI> > > <ProgressText Action="CA_SetProperty_FileInUseProcess">CA: > > Setting file in use process...</ProgressText> > > </UI> > > > > <InstallExecuteSequence> > > <Custom Action="CA_SetProperty_FileInUseProcess" > > Before="InstallValidate"></Custom> > > > > <InstallUISequence> > > <Custom Action="CA_SetProperty_FileInUseProcess" > > After="AppSearch"></Custom> > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > Steve > > > > > > > > -- > > View this message in context: > > http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/CloseApp > > licati > > o > > n-tp6885610p7581420.html > > Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------ > > - > > - > > Everyone hates slow websites. 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