Don't use Windows Installer, use something else like a self-extracting archive or some non-Windows Installer installation development package. What you're trying to achieve is pretty much contrary to the basic concepts & function of Windows Installer.
Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment & IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the <Virtual Environment>** Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. SC151456 Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow G20 0SP Email Disclaimer -----Original Message----- From: jamie benson [mailto:jamieben...@gmail.com] Sent: 11 August 2010 08:22 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Help with WIX Installers Hi all, I'm looking to write a standard install template for one of our products, but I've come into a bit of difficult when working with CA's Essentially we want a installer to copy files to be used by another tool, run a tool then delete the temporary files on disk. If possible this will be in the TempFolder and won't cause the MSI to be broken within the registry. On uninstall, we'll then call the external tool to remove any files it created on install. This internal tool could fail so if we could generate an error message back that would also be great. I've got a starting point (snippet below) which performs the basics, but if I could get errors and install/uninstall working as desired I've be incredibly grateful Regards, Jamie <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> <Product Id="86ac8b33-f878-4bf1-ae97-84f3c8dbab40" Name="REMOVED" Language=" 1033" Version="1.0.0.0" Manufacturer="REMOVED" UpgradeCode=" 92347fc8-1e0f-4601-a96e-d01a46adebec"> <Package InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes" /> <Media Id="1" Cabinet="REMOVED.cab" EmbedCab="yes" /> <Property Id="ALLUSERS">1</Property> <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> <Directory Id="TempFolder"> <Directory Id="Bod" Name="Bod"> </Directory> </Directory> </Directory> <Property Id="REMOVED" Value='Administration.exe'></Property> <CustomAction Id='LaunchFile' Property='REMOVED' ExeCommand="-ad " [Bod]\" REMOVED 1.0" Return='check' /> <InstallExecuteSequence> <RemoveExistingProducts After="InstallInitialize"/> <Custom Action="LaunchFile" After="InstallFinalize">NOT Installed</Custom> </InstallExecuteSequence> <Icon Id="icon.ico" SourceFile="favicon.ico"/> <Property Id="ARPPRODUCTICON" Value="icon.ico" /> <Feature Id="ProductFeature" Title="Plugin" Level="1" Description="Description"> <ComponentGroupRef Id="ExternalAssemblies"/> <ComponentGroupRef Id="BodPluginBinaries"/> </Feature> <UIRef Id="WixUI_Mondo" /> <UIRef Id="WixUI_ErrorProgressText" /> </Product> </Wix> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Make an app they can't live without Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge http://p.sf.net/sfu/RIM-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Make an app they can't live without Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge http://p.sf.net/sfu/RIM-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
