Re: [WiX-users] Adding a custom action (type 6) in apatchpackage(msp)

Michal Peled Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:45:58 -0800

Paul,


You configured the Binary, but you have not created a custom action out
of it. You cannot reference a Binary as a custom action, instead you
should create a custom action that uses this binary and then call that
custom action.

 

An example to that would be something like:

 

<Binary Id="SimpleTest" SourceFile="Test.vbs"></Binary>

<CustomAction Id="my_simple_CA" BinaryKey=" SimpleTest "
VBScriptCall="my_func" Return="check" Execute="immediate" />

 

(VBScriptCall is the name of the function you're calling inside the .vbs
file. If you don't have a function, wrap your .vbs content as one
function and call it)

 

Then you can call the custom action:

 

<InstallUISequence>

      <Custom Action=" my_simple_CA " After="AppSearch" />

 </InstallUISequence>

 

Hope that helps,

 

MP.

 

 

 

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul
Chrzanowski
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 12:19 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Adding a custom action (type 6) in
apatchpackage(msp)

 

Hello, Alexander,

 

you are right, the '/' was a mistake, but this was only a typo in my
mail. We do not get any error messages from light or candle, etc.

 

We tested a little bit more and came to the conclusion, that using the
pcp file the custom action type 6 ALWAYS work - even 

without editing the pcp binary table with orca(this was a mistake on our
side).

But if we try the 'only wix' way using torch and pyro we get the
following error message during installation of our msp package:

 

DEBUG: Error 2721:  Custom action SimpleTest not found in Binary table
stream

 

It seems that the created diff.wixmst or something else is not correct.
We used the same commandline arguments as in the wix help file.

 

Perhaps you still have an idea. Thank you very much.

 

Best regards,

Paul.

 

 

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Alexander Shevchuk
Gesendet: Freitag, 1. Februar 2008 18:32
An: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Betreff: Re: [WiX-users] Adding a custom action (type 6) ina
patchpackage(msp)

 

Hello Paul,

 

I did quick experiment and if I add the "\" in front of the file name,
like in your sample, I get an error message from light.exe (I am using
WiX 2.0):

 

Light.exe : fatal error LGHT0005: The system cannot find the file
specified ...

 Try:

 

<Binary Id="SimpleTest" SourceFile="Test.vbs"></Binary>

 

Instead of:

 

<Binary Id="SimpleTest" SourceFile="\Test.vbs"></Binary>

 

 

Alex

 

 

 

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul
Chrzanowski
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 11:32 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Adding a custom action (type 6) in a
patchpackage(msp)

 

Hello, Alexander,

 

thanks for the fast reply, but unfortunately the binary element is not
missing in our .wxs file.

Here is what our file looks like:

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";>

 

  <Product Id="3C6F7936-A1A9-4f37-A6C2-0DC706900E22"

    UpgradeCode="28408204-7955-4c76-8AE0-0ADBFB74ADF2"

    Name=" Sample Application" Language="1033" Version="1.9.0.0"

    Manufacturer="Test Ltd." Codepage="1252">

 

       <Package Id="*" InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="no"/>

    <Media Id="1" Cabinet="WixMondoSample.cab" EmbedCab="yes" />

   

    

    <CustomAction Id="SimpleTest" Return="check"  BinaryKey="SimpleTest"
VBScriptCall="Main"/>

    <Binary Id="SimpleTest" SourceFile="\Test.vbs"></Binary>

 

    <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir" >

      <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder">

        <Directory Id ="INSTALLDIR" Name="TEST">

          <Component Id="SampleFile"
Guid="7C9DDA32-66C3-4a0f-AE61-2580B67685C9">

            <File Id="f1" Source="...\SampleFile.txt"
Name="SampleFile.txt" DiskId="1"/>

          </Component>          

        </Directory>

      </Directory>

    </Directory>

    <Feature Id="ProductFeature" Title="Main Feature" Level="1">

      <ComponentRef Id="SampleFile" />

    </Feature>

 

    <UIRef Id="WixUI_Mondo" />

 

    <InstallUISequence>

      <Custom Action="SimpleTest" After="AppSearch" />

    </InstallUISequence>

  </Product>

</Wix>

 

Kind regards,

Paul.

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