Seems like you'd want the uninstall to be deferred. I'd mark the CustomAction deferred and schedule after InstallInitialize.
On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 5:57 AM, Jammer <jam...@jammer.biz> wrote: > Hi All, > > I've got this working now, but there is one major problem. It appears > there is some form of race condition. > > According to the MSI log my custom action is being run: > > Action 13:35:42: ca.RemovePreviousVersion32. > Action start 13:35:42: ca.RemovePreviousVersion32. > Action ended 13:35:49: ca.RemovePreviousVersion32. Return value 1. > > My CustomAction is: > > <CustomAction Id="ca.RemovePreviousVersion32" Property="UNINSTALL_EXE32" > ExeCommand="/SILENT" Execute="immediate" Return="ignore" /> > > <InstallExecuteSequence> > <Custom Action="ca.RemovePreviousVersion32" > Before="InstallValidate">UNINSTALL_EXE32</Custom> > </InstallExecuteSequence> > > Which as far as I can tell should be running the custom action > syncronously and immediately before InstallValidate without checking the > return value (I've tried other setting for the Return with the same > effect). > > However, at the end of the MSI install files are missing from the > install directory! It's as if the previous version uninstall has still > been active after the MSI has written it's files to the install > directory and then deleted them as well. I tried building an MSI that > wrote to a different location and that worked. The MSI install was > complete and working and the old version was un-installed as required. > > Any ideas would be great. > > Thanks, > > Jammer > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Colocation vs. Managed Hosting > A question and answer guide to determining the best fit > for your organization - today and in the future. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
