Hi Blair, I wish it was that simple. It isn't a GUI application, it is a service (which you can control from the command line). It has no GUI. We can write one, but hoped we could just use the easy to develop GUI in the installer using WiX to configure the service's config file. On top of that we hoped to validate the credentials supplied.
This is for the Rackspace Monitoring Agent, an on-host agent, which we are looking to improve the installation and configuring process for our Windows users. My work-in-progress on revising this installer: https://github.com/racker/virgo-base/blob/b46ff4e8f004654ecd07a3f2f5742c80337aee8a/pkg/windows/virgo.wxs The service's exe can create the setup file and validate it exiting with a non-zero error code on failure. What I am asking is can a WiX created installer execute an installed exe and act on its return code. This may not be as simple as I hoped. My initial research looks like there are ways to run an exe but not interpret its return code. Other options look like I can use WcaUtil to hook into a wrapper. It doesn't look simple either way, maybe someone will either tell me I'm wrong or give me another way to look it. Thank you for your help, Rob ________________________________________ From: Blair Murri [os...@live.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 8:35 PM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Setup Testing I'm not sure I understand what you are asking. The simple answer is: install the app, then run the app passing the supplied credentials on the command line. It seems to me that it would be easier to not involve the installer in the credentials because there isn't much difference between that and simply installing and launching and letting the application ask for the credentials. Every other possibility requires knowing more details about your application and your need/goals in having the installer gather the credentials in the first place. Blair Rob Emanuele <robert.emanu...@rackspace.com> wrote: Hi! We're creating an installer and would like the user to enter their account credentials into the installer. I have a dialog to do that and that part is looking good. I'd like use those credentials to run a test of our application in the installer. Can I run my application and act on the return code within the installer? Thank you, Rob ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October Webinars: Code for Performance Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60135991&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October Webinars: Code for Performance Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60135991&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October Webinars: Code for Performance Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60135991&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
