Jacob beat me to the punch... That's what I get for being thorough lol.

Quoting "Hoover, Jacob" <jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com>:

> Can you not do the same thing with a SqlScript element from the Sql  
> Extension and eliminate the need for the Exe all together?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: robert_ort...@agilent.com [mailto:robert_ort...@agilent.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2014 1:57 PM
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [WiX-users] MBA - Run an app as part of an ExePackage?
>
> Greetings,
>
> I have an exe that needs to run at the end of installation.  The exe  
> itself is just an app that runs and enters information into a  
> databse which was installed as a part of an earlier MSI in my  
> bundle.  This exe is NOT installed anywhere on disk.
>
> My question is, can I use the ExePackage tag for something like  
> this?  Or is the ExePackage only for installation packages created  
> as exe files?  If not, what would be the best way of running this  
> tool?  Would this tool need to be copied over to temp and run from  
> there?  How would one go about doing this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Robert
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