Thanks for the tip. Moving my CA from after CostInitialize to after CostFinalize seems to do the trick.
I have no UI in my installer, so I wonder how the variable got set before, but not now. -----Original Message----- From: John Cooper [mailto:jocoo...@jackhenry.com] Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 12:39 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] msiexec.exe /qn option causes memory corruption? No, it doesn't corrupt memory, but with UI completely suppressed, only your "execute" sequence is going to run. Also, in general you can't count on Directory "properties" being valid until after CostFinalize. The combination of early scheduling and your "UI" sequence not running probably results in INSTALLFOLDER not being initialized. When the UI runs, the InstallDir Dialog (or something like it--I don't know your authoring) has a chance to set this. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer -- ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.(r) Shawnee Mission, KS 66227 Office: 913-341-3434 x791011 jocoo...@jackhenry.com www.jackhenry.com -----Original Message----- From: George Fleming [mailto:gef...@microsoft.com] Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 2:25 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] msiexec.exe /qn option causes memory corruption? I recently made some changes to installer code, and now it doesn't install properly. Investigations show that if I install without /qn option at command line, everything works as expected. If installed with /qn option (which also requires installer to run as admin), the variable INSTALLFOLDER mysteriously becomes null in my custom action. In my custom action, I have: string oldString = session["INSTALLFOLDER"]; session.Log("string value = {0}, oldString); and it's invoked right after CostInitialize (non-deferred) stage. Log shows that oldString has a value of null, but log also shows that INSTALLFOLDER is set correctly elsewhere. If I don't use /qn option, then oldstring has correct value. I'm guessing that /qn somehow corrupts the memory, but not sure how at the moment. I will try to back out my changes to try and isolate this, but has anyone else seen anything like this? Thanks, George ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite! It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production. Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with <2% overhead. Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897031&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any files transmitted with it are intended exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. The message, together with any attachment, may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, printing, saving, copying, disclosure or distribution is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately advise the sender by reply email and delete all copies. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite! It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production. Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with <2% overhead. Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897031&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite! It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production. Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with <2% overhead. Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897031&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
