OK, Thanks to Steven for pointing me in the right direction, I now have
a solution that works fine for me. Here's the WiX source:
<InstallExecuteSequence>
<Custom Action="ScriptForInstall" After="InstallInitialize" />
<Custom Action='ScriptForRemove'
Before='ScriptForInstall'>(NOT UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE) AND
(REMOVE="ALL")</Custom>
</InstallExecuteSequence>
<CustomAction Id="ScriptForInstall"
Directory="MyProgram_1"
ExeCommand="cmd.exe /c "[MyProgram_1]Util1.bat""
Return="ignore"
Execute="commit"
Impersonate="no"/>
<CustomAction Id="ScriptForRemove"
Directory="MyProgram_1"
ExeCommand="cmd.exe /c "[MyProgram_1]Util2.bat""
Return="check"
Execute="deferred"
Impersonate="no"/>
The above causes a script (util1.bat) to be kicked off after all the
files have been unpacked and causes a different script (util2.bat) to be
run BEFORE removing the files that were unpacked by the original
install. Works great! thanks for the help!
Vern
On 3/12/2013 3:05 PM, Steven Ogilvie wrote:
>
> You could have a custom action that has an execute sequence for both
> install and uninstall or one or the other...
>
> Depends on what custom actions you need...
>
> On install, it is not installed yet, so NOT Installed custom action
> would only occur when the product has not been installed. Setting the
> Custom action sequence to "Installed" means only run this when the
> product has been installed(but that could mean a
> "Change/Repair/Remove" so you have to be careful, hence I put
> "Installed and Not REINSTALL" which means it would not run on an
> Install or repair but a remove...
>
> Steve
>
> *From:*Vern Graner [mailto:v...@txis.com]
> *Sent:* March-12-13 2:59 PM
> *To:* General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> *Subject:* Re: [WiX-users] Execute a custom action only on uninstall?
>
> Steve:
>
> Thanks for the reply. I hadn't had a chance to experiment with this
> till today. I was looking at the two "<InstallExecuteSequence>"
> sections you show below and I guess I'm just not getting what makes
> the script only execute the <customaction> only on *UNinstall*, and
> not on install?
>
> Also, is the second example (the one labeled "Now let's do something
> for uninstall:") an addition to the first one as in would both of
> those code pieces be included to make a working example?
>
> Vern
>
> On 3/5/2013 1:02 PM, Steven Ogilvie wrote:
>
> Classification: Public
>
>
>
>
>
> You use the install sequence to set up your custom actions...
>
>
>
> So let's say I have custom action 1 which does something during install:
>
>
>
> <CustomAction Id=" CA_Set_Something " Property="SOME_PROPERTY"
> Value="[ComputerName]"/> <UI>
>
> <ProgressText Action=" CA_Set_Something ">CA: Setting a
> property...</ProgressText> </UI>
>
>
>
> <InstallExecuteSequence>
>
> <Custom Action="CA_Set_Something" After="InstallValidate">NOT
> Installed</Custom>
>
>
>
> Now let's do something for uninstall:
>
>
>
> <CustomAction Id="CA_Set_DELETE_SOME_FILE" Property=" CA_DELETE_SOME_FILE
> " Value="[SOME_PATH]\MyFile.txt|"/> <CustomAction Id="CA_ DELETE_SOME_FILE "
> BinaryKey="BIN_CustomAction" DllEntry="RemoveFileOnUninstall"
> Impersonate="no" Execute="deferred" Return="ignore"/> <UI>
>
> <ProgressText Action="CA_ DELETE_SOME_FILE ">CA: Delete some
> file...</ProgressText> </UI>
>
>
>
> [InstallExecuteSequence]
>
> <Custom Action=" CA_Set_DELETE_SOME_FILE"
> After="InstallValidate">Installed and Not REINSTALL</Custom>
>
>
>
> <Custom Action="CA_DELETE_SOME_FILE" After="InstallFiles">Installed and
> Not REINSTALL</Custom>
>
>
>
> Steve
>
>
>
> --
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> Senior Systems Engineer | obviously incompetent so why are we
> Texas Information Services | paying you? Of course, if the network
> http://www.txis.com | is up, then we obviously don't need
> Austin Office 512 328-8947 | you, so why are we paying you?" ©VLG
--
Vern Graner CNE/CNA/SSE | "If the network is down, then you're
Senior Systems Engineer | obviously incompetent so why are we
Texas Information Services | paying you? Of course, if the network
http://www.txis.com | is up, then we obviously don't need
Austin Office 512 328-8947 | you, so why are we paying you?" ©VLG
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