Re: [WiX-users] Custom action sequencing problem

[Boris Krivonog]

Attached is a simple VS 2005 project which locates a process by name and sends it a WM_CLOSE. If that doesn't close the app, it will forcibly kill the app; as specified by http://support.microsoft.com/kb/178893. In order to use it, build the attached project, add the build library (KillMeSoftly.dll) to WiX project: If you would want to terminate notepad.exe, you would add something like:

<Binary Id="KillMeSoftlyDll" SourceFile="<path to KillMeSoftly.dll>" />

Add a custom action:



Add custom actions to i.e. InstallExecuteSequence:

<InstallExecuteSequence>

</InstallExecuteSequence>


Of course, use the attached code on your own risk.

P.S. Rename attached file to KillMeSoftly.zip.

<CustomAction Id="TerminateNotepad.SetProperty" Return="check" Property="CustomActionData" Value="Notepad.exe" /> <CustomAction Id="TerminateNotepad" BinaryKey="KillMeSoftlyDll" DllEntry="KillMeSoftly" /> <Custom Action="TerminateNotepad.SetProperty" After="CostFinalize">1</Custom> <!-- Adjust your condition properly --> <Custom Action="TerminateNotepad" After="TerminateNotepad.SetProperty">1</Custom> <!-- Adjust your condition properly --> KillMeSoftly.dll will read the name of the process to "softly" terminate from CustomActionData property, therefore you must set its value prior calling it. This way you can terminate more processes without modifying the KillMeSoftly.dll.

Anidil wrote:

Thanks for the reply Boris.
As per my understanding, there is a feature <CloseApplication/> with Wix

using WiX v2.0; any idea how to implement the same here?


Boris Krivonog wrote:

v3.0 which sends the WM_CLOSE message to the systray.exe.But right now i'm

You should terminate your system tray application "softly", meaning that you send WM_CLOSE message to systray.exe. This way, the systray.exe application is notified that it is about to shut down and has time to remove icon from tray. See link for details: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/178893. Off course, systray.exe must have a valid window which will shut down you app when this message is received.

Hope this helps.

Anidil wrote:

Oki..I could get the systray process killed but the tray icon waits for a mouse over to disapear, because of that the installer throws an icon file

in
use dialog.Is there a way to avoid this ?


Alexander Shevchuk wrote:

"Files In Use" dialog is shown by InstallValidate action. Schedule your

custom action before InstallValidate.



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I use the following custom action to kill systray process befre the
uninstall.
<Binary Id= ...... />
<CustomAction Id="StopUserExe" BinaryKey="taskkill" ExeCommand ="/im
systray.exe /t /f" Impersonate="yes" Return="asyncNoWait" />


<InstallExecuteSequence>
      <Custom Action="StopUserExe"
Before="RemoveFiles">Installed</Custom>
</InstallExecuteSequence>


is
there any way to sequence 'Files in Use' dialog? Please help
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This works fine but i get the Files in Use dialog before the CA actually runs.How do i be sequencing the CA to run at the start of uninstall? Or http://www.nabble.com/Custom-action-sequencing-problem-tp15632069p15632069.html

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