I do something similar, but in this case launch an MMC console application on the Finish button at the end of one of my installs. Like so...
<Property Id="LAUNCHPRODUCT">1</Property> <Text>[ButtonFont]&Finish</Text> <Publish Event="EndDialog" Value="Return">1</Publish> <Publish Event="DoAction" Value="LaunchDeployMgr">(LAUNCHPRODUCT=1)</Publish> <Publish Event="DoAction" Value="caLaunchDeployMgr">(LAUNCHPRODUCT=1)</Publish> <CustomAction Id="LaunchDeployMgr" Property="LaunchDeployMgr" Value=""$(env.WinDir)\system32\mmc.exe" "[#DeployMSC]"" HideTarget="yes" /> <CustomAction Id="caLaunchDeployMgr" Return="asyncNoWait" ExeCommand="[LaunchDeployMgr]" Directory="TARGETDIR" HideTarget="yes" /> -----Original Message----- From: David Bartmess [mailto:david.bartm...@wallst.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 3:10 PM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Run executable after setup Can't you Just set an exit action on the Finish button like below? I use this to open PDF user guides after the installation is complete. <Publish Dialog="ExitDialog" Control="Finish" Order="1" Event="DoAction" Value="DisplayPDF"><![CDATA[DISPLAYPDF = "1" AND NOT REMOVE]]></Publish> -----Original Message----- From: Sudripta Nandy (Sarangsoft Corporation) [mailto:v-su...@microsoft.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 3:22 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Run executable after setup After the completion of my setup, I need to launch the main executable of the software. In the manifest file of the main executable the execution level has been set to 'requireAdministrator'. The wix file has a custom action to launch the main executable. The custom action is given as: <CustomAction Id="StartApp" Directory="INSTALLDIR" ExeCommand="[INSTALLDIR]MyApp.exe" Return="asyncNoWait" /> The problem is that the MSI is failing to launch the executable and returning the error code 1631... this is probably because the application needs to run with elevated privileges. I can't run the executable in deferred mode as I need to run it at a very late stage (after completing the setup, when the user clicks the 'Finish' button on my final dialog). Because in deferred mode I need to sequence it between InstallInitialize and InstallFinalize. Any ideas on how to run the executable... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
