Hi Jacob, Thanks very much for your very detailed answer. I do want to follow the best practices so I will look into maybe converting the exe to a merge module and if this is not possible recreate my dialogs in burn. Thanks again
-----Original Message----- From: Hoover, Jacob [mailto:jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com] Sent: 05 September 2012 22:58 To: chr...@iswix.com; General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Running an Exe Natalie, It is not recommended to do concurrent installs with a pure MSI based approach (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa368010(v=vs.85).a spx). Either it has to be transformed into a merge module and thus a single install, or you need to generate a Burn bundle (or you could try another boot strapping application or write your own). If you don't heed this advice you are going to run into many problems and since it's unsupported you would be on your own to try to hack in fixes if they are even possible. Stripping out the UI from your MSI and putting it into a Burn based managed UX should be fairly easy to do. Then you could simply pass in any additional information you got in your UI as properties to your now UI less MSI. If this executable isn't a prerequisite in order for your application to run, you could also (conditionally) execute the exe after your install has completed. Jacob -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Painter [mailto:chr...@iswix.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2012 3:30 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.; General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Running an Exe There is a mutex to prevent multiple execute sequences. If you are doing some kind of hack in MSI then you need to do it all from the UI sequence of the parent installer. If you want that parent to ever work silently the closest you'll get is 'non-interactive' using /qr. You didn't seem to 'like' Pally's answer. Well, to be honest, it is the right answer. You are in unsupported territory so you'll have to get your big boy pants on and figure it out yourself. I've been there, there are many gotchas to watch out for. Good luck. ---------------------------------------- From: "Natalie Carr" <natalie.c...@measuresoft.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2012 5:52 AM To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Running an Exe Hi, Thanks, I don't want to use Burn as I have spent a great deal of time making my own dialog set to cater for our needs and I do not like the way if you display your own MSI dialogs it still shows the Burn dialog. Thanks for your answer though..:) -----Original Message----- From: Pally Sandher [mailto:pally.sand...@iesve.com] Sent: 05 September 2012 11:04 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Running an Exe This is what you're doing wrong -> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb204770.aspx#concur rent_installs This is how you fix it -> http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/authoring_bundle_intro.htm Palbinder Sandher Software Platform Engineer T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the <Virtual Environment>** Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. SC151456 Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow G20 0SP Email Disclaimer -----Original Message----- From: Natalie Carr [mailto:natalie.c...@measuresoft.com] Sent: 04 September 2012 16:01 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Running an Exe I'm trying to run an exe when a user clicks a button, can anyone please tell me what i am doing wrong or tell me how to do it please. Thanks <Binary Id="sentinelInstaller" SourceFile="sentinel_setup.exe" /> <CustomAction Id="sentinel_setup" BinaryKey="sentinelInstaller" ExeCommand="sentinel_setup.exe" Execute="immediate" Return="check" HideTarget="no" /> <Control Id="Sentinel" Type="PushButton" X="40" Y="100" Width="56" Height="34" Bitmap="yes" Text="SuperProImage" > <Publish Event="DoAction" Value="sentinel_setup" Order="1" /> </Control> Kind Regards, Natalie Carr ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- 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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