Oh, thank you for this interesting idea! But I think writing a little bootstrap .bat file is much less effort for my scenario.
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Strele Franz Gesendet: Dienstag, 4. Juli 2006 15:54 An: WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Betreff: Re: [WiX-users] environment variable available in executed program hi, have a look at the msdn-documentation for the "Environment Table" [1]: "Note that environment variables do not change for the installation in progress when either the WriteEnvironmentStrings action or RemoveEnvironmentStrings action are run. On Windows NT and Windows 2000, this information is stored in the registry and a message notifies the system of changes when the installation completes. A new process, or another process that checks for these messages, uses the new environment variables. On Windows 95 and Windows 98, this information is stored in the Autoexec.bat file, and do not affect the system until a system reboot." you probably have a chance by sending a WM_SETTINGCHANGE (see [2]) via a custom action (after WriteEnvironmentStrings and RemoveEnvironmentStrings action). but i have not tried that and it may not work... franz [1] http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/environment_table.asp [2] http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/sysinfo/base/wm_settingchange.asp -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Rob Hamflett Gesendet: Dienstag, 04. Juli 2006 14:31 An: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Betreff: Re: [WiX-users] environment variable available in executed program I had a similar thing with a new env var not being found by the program I was launching. I can only conclude the following: When you launch your MSI, it's value for PATH does not include your new folder. The changes get committed to the system, but your MSI still has it's original set of env vars. Since your batch file is run from the MSI, it has the same env vars, and so doesn't have the updated path. Rob Hecker, Thomas wrote: > Hi, > > 1) I'm adding my newly installed dir to the system path <Environment > Id='env_entry' Name='PATH' Action='set' System='yes' > Part='last' Permanent='no' Value='[INSTALLDIR]share\bin' /> > > 2) scheduled CA runs a .bat file that uses an executable from the > share\bin dir added to path. > > <CustomAction Id='LaunchFile' FileKey='test.bat' > ExeCommand='-d "[INSTALLDIR]" ' Return='asyncNoWait' /> > > <InstallExecuteSequence> > <Custom Action='LaunchFile' After='InstallFinalize'>NOT > Installed</Custom> </InstallExecuteSequence> > > 3) In the up-popping console window I can see that the executable was > not found. But after opening a new cmd-session, it is available. Why > is that not in the console wix opens for me? How do I achieve this? > > Thank you very much, > Thomas > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job > easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on > Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=1216 > 42 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
