Check out C# / DTF for managed custom action support instead of PowerShell.
I have millions of successful installations logged and failure caused by DTF are extremely rare in WiX 3.6 / 3.7. In WiX 3.5 there was a bug that resulted in a 1% failure rate. ---------------------------------------- From: "Hoover, Jacob" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 8:29 PM To: "Raghu" <[email protected]>, "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Is using Powershell script as a Wix Custom Action a good idea? I wouldn't, simply because some of the difficulties others have reported as well as introducing another dependency to your installer. A simple C++ CA DLL can be compiled for a minimal footprint and has no dependencies. -----Original Message----- From: Raghu [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 8:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [WiX-users] Is using Powershell script as a Wix Custom Action a good idea? Hello Wix users, I have a very simple custom action something on the lines of validating a key as part of setup, the min requirement that the setup to run is on Win2k8 R2+. Now I can achieve the same thing in a dll but I feel its an overkill and is easily achieved in a script, for a while I was pondering over using vbscript until I read the warning in http://blogs.msdn.com/b/robmen/archive/2004/05/20/136530.aspx and decided against vbscript. Could folks point out if doing the same in powershell is ok? Thanks., Raghu ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 positioned as A LEADER in The Forrester Wave(TM): Endpoint Security, Q1 2013 and "remains a good choice" in the endpoint security space. For insight on selecting the right partner to tackle endpoint security challenges, access the full report. http://p.sf.net/sfu/symantec-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 positioned as A LEADER in The Forrester Wave(TM): Endpoint Security, Q1 2013 and "remains a good choice" in the endpoint security space. For insight on selecting the right partner to tackle endpoint security challenges, access the full report. http://p.sf.net/sfu/symantec-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 positioned as A LEADER in The Forrester Wave(TM): Endpoint Security, Q1 2013 and "remains a good choice" in the endpoint security space. For insight on selecting the right partner to tackle endpoint security challenges, access the full report. http://p.sf.net/sfu/symantec-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
