Hi Thomas, Thanks a lot for posting the code for this. Because I need the CA to be run only when uninstall, not also through an update, I conditioned the CAs, so the code looks like:
<CustomAction Id="QtExecDeferred_Cmd" Property="QtExecDeferred" Value='"[SystemFolder]Cmd.exe" /C del /Q "[INSTALLLOCATION]momo.txt"'/> <CustomAction Id="QtExecDeferred" BinaryKey="WixCA" DllEntry="CAQuietExec" Execute="deferred" Return="ignore" Impersonate="no"/> <InstallExecuteSequence> <Custom Action="QtExecDeferred" After="RemoveExistingProducts">REMOVE="ALL" AND NOT UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE</Custom> <Custom Action="QtExecDeferred_Cmd" Before="QtExecDeferred">REMOVE="ALL" AND NOT UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE</Custom> </InstallExecuteSequence> and it works as expected. Thank you, MeCoco On 11/29/2010 5:42 PM, Thomas S. Trias wrote: > It's too bad that RemoveFile won't work, since it does provide > appropriate transacted functionality; that said, the answer to using > properties within the command line is to use a custom action to set > the property value: > > <CustomAction Id="SetAspNet20_Cmd" Property="SetAspNet20" > Value=""[NETFRAMEWORK20INSTALLROOTDIR]aspnet_regiis.exe" -ir > -enable"/> > <CustomAction Id="SetAspNet20" BinaryKey="WixCA" > DllEntry="CAQuietExec" Execute="deferred" Return="check"/> > > <InstallExecuteSequence> > <Custom Action="SetAspNet20_Cmd" Before="CostFinalize">NOT > (SKIPCONFIGUREIIS OR Installed) AND VersionNT > 400</Custom> > <Custom Action="SetAspNet20" Before="ConfigureIIs">NOT > (SKIPCONFIGUREIIS OR Installed) AND VersionNT > 400</Custom> > </InstallExecuteSequence> > > in your case: > > <CustomAction Id="QtExecDeferred_Cmd" Property="QtExecDeferred" > Value='"[SystemFolder]\Cmd.exe" /C del /Q > "[INSTALLLOCATION]\momo.txt"'/> > <CustomAction Id="QtExecDeferred" BinaryKey="WixCA" > DllEntry="CAQuietExec" Execute="deferred" Return="ignore" > Impersonate="no"/> > > <InstallExecuteSequence> > <Custom Action="QtExecDeferred_Cmd" Before="CostFinalize"/> > <Custom Action="QtExecDeferred" After="RemoveExistingProducts"/> > </InstallExecuteSequence> > > Thanks, > > Thomas S. Trias > Senior Developer > Artizan Internet Services > http://www.artizan.com/ > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] QtExecDeferred and using a property in the > cmd line > From: MeCoco <vcotirl...@hotmail.com> > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Date: 11/29/2010 8:25 AM >> Hi Peter. >> >> Thx for your answer, but I can't do that because I need the files to >> be removed _only_ when uninstall (not updates) and I have >> <RemoveExistingProducts After="InstallInitialize"/>. And as I >> described here: >> http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/BUG-limitation-in-WIX-MSI-No-way-to-distinguish-between-an-uninstall-and-an-update-when-lt-RemoveExi-td5776494.html >> >> >> when REP is after InstallInitialize, it can't be done with Component >> conditions. >> >> So I need a CustomAction which deletes the file and can be >> conditioned to happen only when real uninstalls. Because of that I >> got to the code below, which doesn't work. >> Can somebody pls help me? >> >> Thanks, >> MeCoco >> >> On 11/29/2010 2:54 PM, Peter Shirtcliffe wrote: >>> Use the<RemoveFile> element instead. >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: MeCoco [mailto:vcotirl...@hotmail.com] >>> Sent: 29 November 2010 13:45 >>> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. >>> Subject: [WiX-users] QtExecDeferred and using a property in the cmd >>> line >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I need to delete a specific file (created by our product) after >>> uninstalling the product. For that I'm using the Quiet Execution >>> CustomAction like: >>> >>> <Property Id="QtExecDeferred" Value='"[SystemFolder]\Cmd.exe" /C >>> del /Q >>> >>> "[INSTALLLOCATION]\momo.txt"'/> >>> <CustomAction Id="QtExecDeferred" BinaryKey="WixCA" >>> DllEntry="CAQuietExec" Execute="deferred" Return="ignore" >>> Impersonate="no"/> >>> >>> <InstallExecuteSequence> >>> <Custom Action="QtExecDeferred" After="RemoveExistingProducts"/> >>> </InstallExecuteSequence> >>> >>> >>> When I'm building this I get the following 2 warnings: >>> >>> warning CNDL1077: The 'QtExecDeferred' Property contains >>> '[SystemFolder]' in its value which is an illegal reference to another >>> property. If this value is a string literal, not a property reference, >>> please ignore this warning. To set a property with the value of >>> another >>> >>> property, use a CustomAction with Property and Value attributes. >>> warning CNDL1077: The 'QtExecDeferred' Property contains >>> '[APPLICATIONFOLDER]' in its value which is an illegal reference to >>> another property. If this value is a string literal, not a property >>> reference, please ignore this warning. To set a property with the >>> value >>> >>> of another property, use a CustomAction with Property and Value >>> attributes. >>> >>> By looking into the log file, I see that the execution failed, with >>> "file not found": >>> MSI (s) (4C:28) [14:26:46:842]: Executing op: >>> CustomActionSchedule(Action=QtExecDeferred,ActionType=3137,Source=Binary >>> >>> Data,Target=CAQuietExec,CustomActionData="[SystemFolder]\Cmd.exe" >>> /C del /Q "[INSTALLLOCATION]\momo.txt") >>> MSI (s) (4C:80) [14:26:46:853]: Invoking remote custom action. DLL: >>> C:\Windows\Installer\MSI8DF2.tmp, Entrypoint: CAQuietExec >>> MSI (s) (4C:80) [14:26:46:853]: Generating random cookie. >>> MSI (s) (4C:80) [14:26:46:871]: Created Custom Action Server with PID >>> 7996 (0x1F3C). >>> MSI (s) (4C:4C) [14:26:46:973]: Running as a service. >>> MSI (s) (4C:4C) [14:26:46:976]: Hello, I'm your 32bit Elevated custom >>> action server. >>> CAQuietExec: Error 0x80070002: Command failed to execute. >>> CAQuietExec: Error 0x80070002: CAQuietExec Failed >>> >>> >>> I assume the problem is that I'm using [SystemFolder] and >>> [INSTALLLOCATION] in a deferred CustomAction. >>> >>> By searching the internet I found somebody saying: >>> "> You can't access properties directly from a defered custom action. >>> You >>> > have to use another custom action that sets a property matching the >>> name of >>> > your action." >>> >>> The problem is that I don't know how to do that? Can someone pls, >>> taking >>> >>> in account the above lines of code, tell me how and what do I need to >>> change to follow this instruction? >>> >>> Thank you, >>> MeCoco >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> ------ >>> Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App& Earn a Chance To Win $500! >>> Tap into the largest installed PC base& get more eyes on your game by >>> optimizing for Intel(R) Graphics Technology. Get started today with the >>> Intel(R) Software Partner Program. 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