If the program is returning a non-zero exit code and your custom action type isn't ignoring it then you'll see an error reported.
Phil Wilson -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Macvean [mailto:mad_man_...@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 5:18 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Running .exe after installation. Hi there, thank you both for your suggestions, I am sure that the .exe is working correctly and is in the place specified by the installer. It is also not part of the installation process itself but rather already present on the the users computer and so it is not the case that it has not been copied over correctly. I have done verbose logging like you have suggested but as I am no expert I'm not sure where I should be looking in the file produced? If I'm looking in the correct place i get the following: === Logging stopped: 11/08/2009 13:15:44 === MSI (c) (80:64) [13:15:44:483]: Note: 1: 1708 MSI (c) (80:64) [13:15:44:483]: Product: AA 1.0 -- Installation failed. MSI (c) (80:64) [13:15:44:484]: Windows Installer installed the product. Product Name: AA 1.0. Product Version: 1.0.0.0. Product Language: 1033. Installation success or error status: 1602. MSI (c) (80:64) [13:15:44:487]: Grabbed execution mutex. MSI (c) (80:64) [13:15:44:487]: Cleaning up uninstalled install packages, if any exist MSI (c) (80:64) [13:15:44:490]: MainEngineThread is returning 1602 === Verbose logging stopped: 11/08/2009 13:15:44 === However this is identical to what is produced when I change the installer and get Notepad.exe to correctly launch! Any suggestions? Thanks again for all the help. > Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:10:13 -0400 > From: b...@joyofsetup.com > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Running .exe after installation. > > Andrew Macvean wrote: > > However I have never managed to successfully get the .exe to run. > > Check a verbose log to see what happens. > > -- > sig://boB > http://joyofsetup.com/ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Messenger: Thanks for 10 great years-enjoy free winks and emoticons. http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/157562755/direct/01/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
