Hi It is no problem with steps 4 and 5. You can stop and start the service using the <ServiceControl ... Start="install" Stop="install" /> element.
But for first trhee steps you need to create custom action. I wuold prefer the Dll custom action (Type 1 ). Hope this will help. Stefan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 1.) Before InstallFiles, determine if my service (from a previous > install) is up; > > 2.) If it is not up, start it; > > 3.) Query the service (this part I'll use a custom action for), the > end result is setting some properties > > 4.) Stop the service > > [ InstallFiles ] > > 5.) Start the service. -- Stefan Pavlik | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Whitestein Technologies | www.whitestein.com Panenska 28 | SK-81103 Bratislava | Slovak Republic Tel +421(2)5930-0735 | Fax +421(2)5443-5512 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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