Hi,
I'm trying to build a custom action that invokes cmd.exe after
InstallFinalize.
In my sample .wxs project, I have CA1, CA2, CA3. CA1 and CA3 are
VbScript custom actions (I know... don't use VbScript custom actions).
CA2 is where I try to invoke cmd.exe.
Here's a snippet from my .wxs.
<CustomAction BinaryKey="vbCA" VBScriptCall="CA1" Return="asyncWait"
Id="CA1" Execute="immediate"/>
<CustomAction Id="CA2" Property="CA2_CMD" Value="cmd.exe /c
notepad.exe c:\foo.txt" />
<CustomAction BinaryKey="vbCA" VBScriptCall="CA3" Return="asyncWait"
Id="CA3" Execute="immediate"/>
<Binary Id="vbCA" SourceFile="ca.vbs" />
<InstallExecuteSequence>
<Custom Action="CA1" After="InstallFinalize"></Custom>
<Custom Action="CA2" After="CA1"></Custom>
<Custom Action="CA3" After="CA2"></Custom>
</InstallExecuteSequence>
In my verbose install log, I see;
Action ended 8:08:52: CA1. Return value 0.
MSI (s) (0C:D0) [08:08:52:769]: Doing action: CA2
MSI (s) (0C:D0) [08:08:52:769]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3:
ActionText
Action start 8:08:52: CA2.
MSI (s) (0C:D0) [08:08:52:769]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding
CA2_CMD property. Its value is 'cmd.exe /c notepad.exe c:\foo.txt'.
Action ended 8:08:52: CA2. Return value 1.
MSI (s) (0C:D0) [08:08:52:769]: Doing action: CA3
As far as I can tell, CA2 doesn't even really run (notepad.exe does not
appear).
The .msi CustomAction table looks like this;
Action Type Source Target
CA1 134 vbCA CA1
CA2 51 CA2_CMD cmd.exe /c notepad.exe c:\foo.txt
CA3 134 vbCA CA3
I've been working on this for about 4 hours and still haven't figured
out what I'm doing wrong.
Any help or working examples greatly appreciated.
Dale
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