This area is documented by the windows installer team in their blog as one (of several) where EXE custom actions are deficient compared to DLL custom actions. The "fix" is to use a DLL custom action that can spawn the EXE, wait for its return, and "do the right thing" with the EXE's return status WRT the installation.
Currently CAQuietExec doesn't do that (it exists solely to run console-apps without a visible console), but you have access to the source code so you can copy/rename that action and add code to perform that extra step. Or you can talk one of us into doing it for you. -----Original Message----- From: Lian Jiang [mailto:lji...@microsoft.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 2:32 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] is there a way to ignore one error code instead of all? Hi, I have a custom action which need a reboot. If I do not ignore the return, my installer will fail due to error 1603. But if I do ignore the return, it is risky that this custom action fails due to other reason and the installer does not rollback. Is there a way to constraint this custom action to only ignore 1603 return value and check any other values? Here is an example of my custom actions ignoring return value: <CustomAction Id="AllowRemoteDesktopFirewallException" Property="AllowRemoteDesktopFirewallExceptionDeferred" Value='"[WindowsFolder]system32\netsh.exe" advfirewall firewall set rule group="remote desktop" new enable=Yes' Execute='immediate'/> <CustomAction Id="AllowRemoteDesktopFirewallExceptionDeferred" BinaryKey='WixCA' DllEntry="CAQuietExec" Execute="deferred" Return="ignore" Impersonate="no" /> Appreciate your help. Thanks Lian ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
