Error 1721 typically means that the program couldn't start for some reason.
This is not really about the type of custom action or what's supported because
Windows did try to start it. When you say none of them work, does that mean
they all return error 1721?
When a program runs and fails in this context the most likely reasons are 1)
that the program failed or 2) is returning a non-zero exit code and your custom
action is configured to treat that as an error. Running a program from a cmd
window is not the same as running it from Windows Installer, and the
differences are usually related to whether it's running impersonated (the
user's default registry hive is not loaded), running as the system account and
doing something inappropriate, and other general issues like making file paths
relative ("myfile.txt") instead of full ("C:\Program
Files\Whatever\myfile.txt").
When a program fails to start (the most likely reason for 1721) the issue is
often dependencies that are not available. With managed code that could be as
simple as a missing framework or a missing dependent assembly that's expected
to be in the GAC. Managed C++ might be missing C runtime support. The articles
I've seen about vsdbcmnd indicate it has quite a list of dependencies,
including a bunch of SQL Dlls.
Phil Wilson
-----Original Message-----
From: ajay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 10:57 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Invoking managed console application as Custom Action
I have tried few approaches (Binary Key, File Key & then type 50). None of
them seem to work.
I haven't seen any samples of managed (.NET) console app being invoked thru
CA. Hence request from this group to confirm if windows installer even
supports this feature or not?
-Thanks.
Ajay
cemiles wrote:
>
> Are you installing the console app w/ your package? Why not try a type 18
> w/ filekey/@execommand.
>
> Would that work in your case?
>
> On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 6:53 PM, ajay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi,
>> I have managed console application which I am trying to invoke from
>> custom
>> action within WIX file (CA type 50). It always fails with Error 1721. I
>> can
>> run the the generated command (with args) from cmd window.
>>
>> Does Windows Installer even supports calling managed cmd line apps from
>> CA?
>> What are the alternatives?
>>
>> The managed app I am trying to invoke is vsdbcmd (cmd line tool that
>> ships
>> with VSTS DBPro and can be used to deploy/schema-compare databases).
>>
>> Thanks.
>> Ajay
>>
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