By default exit codes as returned by MSI are respected since they most common.
On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 11:31 AM, <keith.doug...@statcan.gc.ca> wrote: > Hi everyone, I did get WiX 3.7 installed correctly once that little other > MSI was around. Thanks! > > Now I have a question about the ExitCode element. The documentation says > about its Value attribute: > > "Exit code returned from executable package. If no value is provided it > means all values not explicitly set default to this behavior." > > How does ExePackage behave if there are *no* ExitCode elements provided? > There are no Behaviours at that point at all. Are all exit codes treated as > success? > > (Background) I am working on supporting bootstrapped installers with my > front end and want to know what I should let users pick for ExePackages. > Right now (in my development phase) I require them to pick a success code > and if they want a code for scheduledReboot and forceReboot (both > optional). Should I be requiring one for error as well, or should I just > write out the success and the other two (if necessary) and allow all other > codes to be "error"? > > Also, if a *range* or in general more than one code falls into one of the > four categories, do I use ExitCode element for each value? That would get > pretty odd (though I can do it, since I am front-ending anyway) if one had > to have (say) more than a few for a given category. > > > > > Keith Douglas > Statistics Canada | 170 Tunney's Pasture Driveway, Ottawa ON K1A 0T6 > Statistique Canada | 170, promenade Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa ON K1A 0T6 > keith.doug...@statcan.gc.ca > Telephone | Téléphone 613-951-4405 > Facsimile | Télécopieur 613-951-1966 > Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > How ServiceNow helps IT people transform IT departments: > 1. Consolidate legacy IT systems to a single system of record for IT > 2. Standardize and globalize service processes across IT > 3. Implement zero-touch automation to replace manual, redundant tasks > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=51271111&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ How ServiceNow helps IT people transform IT departments: 1. Consolidate legacy IT systems to a single system of record for IT 2. Standardize and globalize service processes across IT 3. Implement zero-touch automation to replace manual, redundant tasks http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=51271111&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
