I also like to add an AssertSz(FALSE, "Debug here"); from the wcautil.h. That pops up a dialog box with all the information what process to attach to (since there will be multiple msiexec's). If the assert doesn't fire, then I know the problem is with the CustomAction scheduling.
Of course, remembering to take out the Assert FALSE is important too. Wish I could say I never forget to do that. <smile/> On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 11:28 AM, Hoover, Jacob <jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com>wrote: > This really smells like > > > 71 <CustomAction Id="CheckingSecurityToken" > > BinaryKey="libprovisionmeter" DllEntry="provision_meter_msi" /> > > Is actually > > <CustomAction Id="CheckingSecurityToken" BinaryKey="libprovisionmeter" > DllEntry="provision_meter_msi" Execute="firstSequence" /> > > In non UI installs, only the InstallExecute sequence runs. In full blown > installs, both sequences run. To debug the calling of the custom action, I > would recommend looking at your MSI with a tool like Orca or instead to see > the actual sequence. From there you can look at the actions happening in > your log file right before or after you expect your custom action to be > called. Another thing to do would be to introduce logging via the MSI API's > inside your custom action for the beginning and ending points. > > Jacob > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joe Damato [mailto:j...@boundary.com] > Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 1:13 PM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] custom action dll not getting called, debugging > advice > > hi - > > this morning i tried installing my msi without using a full UI and noticed > that the logfile output by the installer shows the dll getting hit. > > it seems that InstallExecuteSequence (or the way i am using it) only > happens during non-UI installs. i am currently reading docs about > InstallUISequence to understand how to fix this when users do a UI install. > > is there an example somewhere in the docs incorporating both > InstallExecuteSequence and InstallUISequence? > > joe > > On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 3:26 PM, Joe Damato <j...@boundary.com> wrote: > > > hi - > > > > i've written a dll which hits a REST api that my app needs to hit to > > register its existence with the server, but for some reason or another > > it seems that my dll is not being hit. i've built a simple exe that > > links against the dll and that exe works, so i know my dll works at > > least when linked against by something other than my MSI. > > > > my custom dialog is rendering correctly, however when i enter some > > text into the edit field and click Next, i immediately get a "The key > > is not valid. Verify that you entered the correct key." message that i > > assume is some sort of built in message (?). > > > > i tried to follow along with the SampleCA example ( > > http://wix.tramontana.co.hu/system/files/samples/SampleCA.zip) and > > here's the relevant snippets from my files (i've pasted the full > > contents of the files here: https://gist.github.com/f9388332734cca9eb722 > ): > > > > 59 <Binary Id="libprovisionmeter" > SourceFile="libprovisionmeter.dll" > > /> > > 60 > > 61 <UI Id="MyWixUI_InstallDir"> > > 62 <UIRef Id="WixUI_InstallDir"/> > > 63 <DialogRef Id="SecurityTokenDlg"/> > > 64 <Publish Dialog="LicenseAgreementDlg" Control="Next" > > Event="NewDialog" Value="SecurityTokenDlg" Order="2">LicenseAccepted = > > "1"</Publish> > > 65 <Publish Dialog="WelcomeDlg" Control="Back" Event="NewDialog" > > Value="SecurityTokenDlg">1</Publish> > > 66 </UI> > > 67 > > 68 <WixVariable Id="WixUILicenseRtf" Value="license.rtf" /> > > 69 <UIRef Id="WixUI_ErrorProgressText" /> > > 70 > > 71 <CustomAction Id="CheckingSecurityToken" > > BinaryKey="libprovisionmeter" DllEntry="provision_meter_msi" /> > > 72 <CustomAction Id="RefuseSecurityToken" Error="Invalid security > > token. Installation aborted." /> > > 73 > > 74 <InstallExecuteSequence> > > 75 <Custom Action="CheckingSecurityToken" After="CostFinalize" /> > > 76 <Custom Action="RefuseSecurityToken" > > After="CheckingSecurityToken">SECURITYTOKENACCEPTED = "0" AND NOT > > Installed</Custom> > > 77 </InstallExecuteSequence> > > > > from my SecurityTokenDlg: > > > > 6 <Control Id="SecurityTokenLabel" Type="Text" X="45" Y="97" > > Width="80" Height="10" TabSkip="no" Text="&Security Token:"/> > > 7 <Control Id="SecurityTokenEdit" Type="Edit" X="45" Y="109" > > Width="250" Height="16" Property="SECURITYTOKEN" /> > > 8 <Control Id="Back" Type="PushButton" X="180" Y="243" > > Width="56" Height="17" Text="&Back"> > > 9 <Publish Event="NewDialog" > > Value="LicenseAgreementDlg">1</Publish> > > 10 </Control> > > 11 <Control Id="Next" Type="PushButton" X="236" Y="243" > > Width="56" Height="17" Default="yes" Text="&Next"> > > 12 <Publish Event="ValidateProductID" Value="0">1</Publish> > > 13 <Publish Event="SpawnWaitDialog" > > Value="WaitForCostingDlg">CostingComplete = 1</Publish> > > 14 <Publish Event="NewDialog" > > Value="WelcomeDlg">ProductID</Publish> > > 15 </Control> > > > > and the associated header file of my dll: > > > > int __stdcall __declspec(dllexport) provision_meter_msi(MSIHANDLE > > hInstall); > > > > any suggestions on what else i could do to extract some more debug > > information from my MSI to track down where things are going awry? > > > > joe > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat > landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. 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