Thanks for your reply Phil. I did find some examples on managed custom
actions and I know what you mean by "arm-weaving". I also found an
example using a C++ Win32 application. This seems like it is the way I
need to go but the example was outdated and the code didn't compile. I'm
not very familiar with C++, do you have an example that I could follow?
Thanks,
Eric
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Phil
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 5:39 PM
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Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Validate Product Key Dialog with custom action
You can't get there from here. The infrastructure for calling managed
code custom actions isn't natively supported by MSI, and even if you did
all the arm-waving to make it work as a custom action (called from the
UI sequence) it's so decoupled from the install that you cannot use it
to set a property in the install. This is important because you
probably need to disable the next button until the key is valid, and
this mechanism uses properties.
When I say "arm waving" I don't mean the InstallUtilLib.dll stuff, bad
as it is, I assume that you are in the UI sequence and no files have
been installed. How do you get your assembly onto the system, and how do
you call it? This is a mountain of code.
Speaking of mountains, there's a mountain of opinion in the archives and
elsewhere on calling managed code custom actions, most of which falls
into two categories : 1) "Don't do it because of the issues involved"
and 2) "Why the heck doesn't WiX/MSI support it". So if all you're
going to do is look at the text of the key and say Yes or No, then
vbscript isn't too bad. If you're going out into the world to read files
or the internet, C++ is recommended.
Phil Wilson
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Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 10:33 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Validate Product Key Dialog with custom action
I want to use a C#.net assembly to validate my product key. Could
someone point me in the right direction on where to start?
Thanks,
Eric
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