Fyi, there's an immediate CA that extracts a binary stream into a file in http://msiext.codeplex.com/.
CA_API UINT __stdcall BinaryWrite ( MSIHANDLE hInstall ) Saves a binary stream into a file. Parameters: BINARYWRITE_PROPERTYNAME The name of the Binary property that contains the data. BINARYWRITE_TARGETFILENAME The output filename Example: <Binary Id="TestData" SourceFile="TestData.txt" /> <Binary Id="MsiTools" SourceFile="$(var.BinDir)\MsiTools.dll" /> <CustomAction Id="BinaryWrite" BinaryKey="MsiTools" DllEntry="BinaryWrite" Execute="immediate" Return="check" /> <CustomAction Id="SetBinaryWrite_PropertyName" Property="BINARYWRITE_PROPERTYNAME" Value="TestData" /> <CustomAction Id="SetBinaryWrite_TargetFileName" Property="BINARYWRITE_TARGETFILENAME" Value="[SourceDir]TestData.txt" /> <InstallUISequence> <Custom Action="SetBinaryWrite_PropertyName" After="CostInitialize">1</Custom> <Custom Action="SetBinaryWrite_TargetFileName" After="SetBinaryWrite_PropertyName">1</Custom> <Custom Action="BinaryWrite" After="SetBinaryWrite_TargetFileName">1</Custom> </InstallUISequence> dB. @ dblock.org Moscow|Geneva|Seattle|New York -----Original Message----- From: Blair [mailto:os...@live.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 2:26 AM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Quiet Execution Custom Action - run a temporary executable You would need code (in a custom action, most likely) that would extract the EXE from the Binary table so that you could execute it. -----Original Message----- From: Vladimir Iahnenco [mailto:vladimir.iahne...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 6:41 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Quiet Execution Custom Action - run a temporary executable Hi All, I have an executable which has to be launched as a custom action. It is a temporary one, I have to run and delete it after that. When I add it as a Binary and Custom action it works. <Binary Id="SetConfigExe" SourceFile="$(var.SetConfig.TargetDir)SetConfig.exe" /> <CustomAction Id="RunSetConfig" PAR1=[SOMEPAR1]" /> Now I want to execute it silently, I added an action to set RunSetConfig property and another CAQuietExec custom action to execute. <CustomAction Id="RunSetConfig" BinaryKey="WixCA" DllEntry="CAQuietExec" Execute="deferred" Return="check" Impersonate="no"/> >From the log file I see that exe name and parameters are assigned properly but with no path to the exe and installer seems cannot find that exe. Any way to point the action on a binary? I don't want to include that exe as a component. Thanks, Vladimir ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Return on Information: Google Enterprise Search pays you back Get the facts. http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Return on Information: Google Enterprise Search pays you back Get the facts. http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Return on Information: Google Enterprise Search pays you back Get the facts. http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
