Use this: <CustomAction Id="RunBat" BinaryKey="WixCA" DllEntry="CAQuietExec" Execute="deferred" Return="ignore" Impersonate="no"/> <CustomAction Id="RunBat_Cmd" Property="RunBat" Value=""[SystemFolder]cmd.exe" /D /E:ON /V:ON /C "[INSTALLLOCATION]tomcat\bin\service.bat install Tomcat7"" Execute="immediate" />
<Custom Action="RunBat_Cmd" Before="RunBat"/> <Custom Action="RunBat" Before="InstallFinalize"/> -----Original Message----- From: Eric Chaland [mailto:e...@clm-consulting.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 1:10 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Custom action to run .bat file to install service Hello, I need to install and customize a service (Tomcat). I've created a custom action but the service doesn't get created. What am I doing wrong? Could anyone please share a sample - I need to run something like "service.bat install Tomcat" Thanks in advance for your help. <CustomAction Id="RunBat_Cmd" Property="RunBat" Value=""[SystemFolder]cmd.exe" /D /E:ON /V:ON /C "[INSTALLLOCATION]tomcat\bin\service.bat install Tomcat7""/> <CustomAction Id="RunBat" BinaryKey="WixCA" DllEntry="CAQuietExec" Execute="deferred" Return="check"/> <InstallExecuteSequence> <Custom Action="RunBat_Cmd" After="InstallFinalize"/> </InstallExecuteSequence> Eric ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start Your Social Network Today - Download eXo Platform Build your Enterprise Intranet with eXo Platform Software Java Based Open Source Intranet - Social, Extensible, Cloud Ready Get Started Now And Turn Your Intranet Into A Collaboration Platform http://p.sf.net/sfu/ExoPlatform _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start Your Social Network Today - Download eXo Platform Build your Enterprise Intranet with eXo Platform Software Java Based Open Source Intranet - Social, Extensible, Cloud Ready Get Started Now And Turn Your Intranet Into A Collaboration Platform http://p.sf.net/sfu/ExoPlatform _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users