Hi joe, you put ur custom action as check. If your exe returns a value > 0, it means it fails. Try changing the return value to ignore.
- Tony -------------------------------------------------- From: "Joe Osman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 7:20 AM To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XMLtoolset." <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: [WiX-users] Uninstall error :"A program required for this installto complete could not be run" > I am installing a .cmd file and I run it during the installation using a > Custom Action. When I run the uninstall I get the following error message: > "There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program > required for this install to complete could not be run. Contact your > support personnel or package vendor" > > I suspect that the installer is trying to execute this file after it has > been removed but I couldn't find a way to solve it. Below is the code. > Thank s for your help. > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> > <Product Id="{E8E89B9D-D37A-46b3-A6EE-DFEFDDFCF89B}" > Name="ProductInstall" Language="1033" Version="1.0.0.0" > Manufacturer="T1" UpgradeCode="8bf3db65-ec81-4456-ac12-7740ee1a1c61"> > <Package InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes" /> > <Media Id="1" Cabinet="ProdInstall.cab" EmbedCab="yes" /> > > <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> > <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder"> > <Directory Id="INSTALLLOCATION" Name="ProdInstall"> > <Directory Id="SetUP" Name="Setup"> > <Component Id="CreateDataBaseCmd" DiskId="1" > Guid="{0771B8C9-36E4-4d04-9757-3B61296D0EAD}"> > <File Id="CreateDataBase" > Source="CreateDataBase.cmd" /> > </Component> > </Directory> > </Directory> > </Directory> > </Directory> > > <Feature Id="ProductFeature" Title="DemoProdInstall" Level="1"> > <ComponentRef Id="CreateDataBaseCmd" /> > </Feature> > > <CustomAction Id="DoSomething" > FileKey="CreateDataBase" > ExeCommand="-switch" > Execute="deferred" > Return="check" > HideTarget="no" > Impersonate="no" /> > <InstallExecuteSequence> > <Custom Action="DoSomething" Before="InstallFinalize" /> > </InstallExecuteSequence> > </Product> > </Wix> > > > ======================================================================= > This email, including any attachments, is only for the intended > addressee. It is subject to copyright, is confidential and may be > the subject of legal or other privilege, none of which is waived or > lost by reason of this transmission. > If the receiver is not the intended addressee, please accept our > apologies, notify us by return, delete all copies and perform no > other act on the email. > Unfortunately, we cannot warrant that the email has not been > altered or corrupted during transmission. > ======================================================================= > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the > world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
