When executing CA as deffered it has no access from the MSI property anymore.
What you can do is store the value in the registry (HKLM) and then read the
value from there.
Regards,
Romeo
Andy2k8 wrote:
>
> Hello
>
> I have defined a property and elevated custom action as follows:
>
> <Property Id="DeleteConsoleFolder">
> <![CDATA[
> option explicit
> Sub Main()
>
> Dim fso,InstallPath,res,installer
> Set installer = CreateObject("WindowsInstaller.Installer")
> Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
> InstallPath = Property("INSTALLDIR")
> res = InstallPath & "Console"
> msgbox res
> If (fso.FolderExists(res)) Then
> fso.DeleteFolder(res)
> msgbox "Folder found! Deleted!"
> Else
> msgbox "Folder not found!"
> End If
>
> End Sub ]]>
> </Property>
>
> <CustomAction Id="DeletePCCConsoleFolder.Property"
> Property="DeletePCCConsoleFolder" Value="DeleteConsoleFolder"/>
> <CustomAction Id="DeletePCCConsoleFolder" VBScriptCall="Main"
> Property="CustomActionData" Execute="deferred" Impersonate="no"
> Return="check"/>
>
> And this is sequenced as :
>
> <Custom Action="DeletePCCConsoleFolder.Property"
> Before="DeletePCCConsoleFolder">NOT Installed</Custom>
> <Custom Action="DeletePCCConsoleFolder" Before="InstallFiles" >NOT
> Installed</Custom>
>
> However i get the following error when i run the MSI
>
> MSI (s) (70:54) [15:35:58:181]: Executing op:
> ActionStart(Name=DeletePCCConsoleFolder,,)
> Action 15:35:58: DeletePCCConsoleFolder.
> MSI (s) (70:54) [15:35:58:181]: Executing op:
> CustomActionSchedule(Action=DeletePCCConsoleFolder,ActionType=3126,,Target=Main,CustomActionData=DeleteConsoleFolder)
> MSI (s) (70:54) [15:35:58:181]: Creating MSIHANDLE (5) of type 790536 for
> thread 2644
> MSI (s) (70:E8) [15:35:58:181]: Creating MSIHANDLE (6) of type 0 for
> thread 1000
> MSI (s) (70:AC) [15:35:58:181]: Generating random cookie.
> MSI (s) (70:AC) [15:35:58:196]: Created Custom Action Server with PID 2628
> (0xA44).
> MSI (s) (70:B0) [15:35:58:227]: Running as a service.
> MSI (s) (70:B0) [15:35:58:227]: Hello, I'm your 32bit Elevated custom
> action server.
> Error 1720. There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A
> script required for this install to complete could not be run. Contact
> your support personnel or package vendor. Custom action script error , :
> Line , Column ,
> MSI (s) (70:E8) [15:35:59:321]: Product: ABC 5.0 Console -- Error 1720.
> There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A script required
> for this install to complete could not be run. Contact your support
> personnel or package vendor. Custom action script error , : Line ,
> Column ,
>
> MSI (s) (70:E8) [15:35:59:322]: Closing MSIHANDLE (6) of type 0 for thread
> 1000
> MSI (s) (70:E8) [15:35:59:322]: Closing MSIHANDLE (5) of type 790536 for
> thread 2644
> Action ended 15:35:59: InstallFinalize. Return value 3.
>
> As far as I know, the steps I have followed to pass the property value to
> the deferred CA are right.Why is my script still fails then?
> Any help?
>
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