On 12/20/2013 01:57 PM, Jeremy Farrell wrote: >> From: Gerry Reno [mailto:gr...@verizon.net] >> Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 6:46 PM >> On 12/20/2013 01:43 PM, Jeremy Farrell wrote: >>>> From: Gerry Reno [mailto:gr...@verizon.net] >>>> Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 6:28 PM >>>> On 12/20/2013 01:16 PM, Edwin Castro wrote: >>>>> On 12/20/13, 9:49 AM, Gerry Reno wrote: >>>>>> It's not a Windows program. It's a CUI program that you launch >> from >>>> cmd.exe >>>>> Which you can still more easily start directly. If you insist in >>>>> wrapping the call with cmd.exe then you MUST adhere to cmd.exe's >>>> funky >>>>> quotation rules. >>>>> >>>>> Do it the easy way and remove cmd.exe from your invocation. >>>>> >>>>> It looks like you don't have command line arguments for >>>> myprogram.exe... >>>>> Assuming the File/@Id for myprogram.exe is myprogram.exe, I would >> try >>>>> <CustomAction Id="Launch_myprogram.exe" >>>>> FileKey="myprogram.exe" >>>>> ExeCommand="" >>>>> Execute="deferred" >>>>> Return="asyncWait"/> >>>>> >>>>> Or to run myprogram.exe without showing the Command Prompt >> window... >>>>> <SetProperty Id="Launch_myprogram.exe" >>>>> Before="Launch_myprogram.exe" >>>>> Sequence="execute" >>>>> Value=""[#myprogram.exe]""/> >>>>> <CustomAction Id="Launch_myprogram.exe" >>>>> BinaryKey="CAQuietExec" >>>>> Execute="deferred" >>>>> Return="asyncWait"/> >>>> I not certain this will work. It might with something like a .bat >> file >>>> since the system knows that .bat files are >>>> executed by cmd.exe. >>>> >>>> But what is there to tell the system that my exe requires being run >> by >>>> cmd.exe? >>> Why does your program require being run by cmd.exe? How does it know >> whether or not it was run by cmd.exe? It sounds rather unusual. >> >> Read first line. > The line which says it's a CUI program? That's clear, you've said it many > times, but so what? Answer question.
This CUI program requires being executed in a command shell. It's character-based not graphical-based. > >>> If myprogram.exe is a file which is being installed by this >> installer, you've got other complications as well. >> >> How so? Care to explain? > Not my area of expertise, plenty of discussion in the archives. Depending on > the sequencing of the install the file may not be on the system at the time > you want to execute it. So just normal WIX stuff. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT > organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance > affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your > Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
