Did you ever get this sorted out?
On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 5:57 AM, Theo Landman <tland...@justcroft.com> wrote: > Hello, > I'm confused about how Impersonate works. I want to run a console > migration executable using the WiX CAQuitExec. The migration executable > copies files from a previous version of the product to a new version of > the product. > I want to run it as the installing user so I assumed that I should > specify Impersonate='yes'. > See this code snippet (using WiX 3.7): > <CustomAction Id='SilentMigrate50Settings_Cmd' > Property="SilentMigrate50Settings" > Value=""[#conv50to51.exe]" /auto" Execute="immediate" > /> > <CustomAction Id="SilentMigrate50Settings" > BinaryKey="WixCA" DllEntry="CAQuietExec" > Impersonate='yes' HideTarget='no' > Execute='commit' Return='ignore' > /> > > <InstallExecuteSequence> > <Custom Action='SilentMigrate50Settings' After='DuplicateFiles'> > NOT Installed > </Custom> > </InstallExecuteSequence> > However, the effect seems to be that the tool is called as the Installer > process. The end effect is that the files are copied by the migration > tool, but without the rights of the installing user in effect making the > copied files read-only. > Any hints are tips are appreciated. > Theo > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced > analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building > apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use > our toolset for easy data analysis & visualization. Get a free account! > http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use our toolset for easy data analysis & visualization. Get a free account! http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
