Now that your CA is deferred, what happens if you schedule it right after
InstallFiles?
Remember, verbose logs tell a lot about what is and/or isn't happening.
> From: kpet...@otaksoft.com
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 13:15:38 -0700
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Execution order issue
>
> Phil,
>
> modified it accordingly (I think..) and this places CA_CopyMasterIni
> immediately BEFORE InstallFiles
> in the InstallExecute Sequence table
>
> <!-- this CA copies a template provided by customer's IT from
> COMMON_APPDATA to final dest. -->
> <CustomAction
> Id="CA_CopyMasterIni"
> BinaryKey="BIN_InstallHelperDLL"
> DllEntry="CopyMasterInifile"
> Execute="deferred"
> Return="check"
> HideTarget="no"
> Impersonate="yes" />
>
> <!-- schedule custom actions -->
> <InstallExecuteSequence>
> <Custom Action="CA_BackupGlobalIni" After="InstallInitialize" />
>
> <Custom Action="CA_RestoreGlobalIni" After="RemoveExistingProducts"
> />
> <Custom Action="CA_CopyMasterIni" Before="InstallFiles" />
> </InstallExecuteSequence>
>
> How can I push it AFTER InstallFiles AND have it work? Surely there must be a
> way..?
>
>
> PS: Thanks for the warning re. repair/uninstall - had not thought abut that!
>
> Thanks for your help so far,
> Kai
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, 19 Sep 2013 07:20:46 -0700, Phil Wilson wrote:
> > Well that means that you put it between InstallInitialize and
> > InstallFinalize but before
> > InstallFiles, if that's where it's supposed to be. Did you try that?
> >
> > It's not a safe design without some extra details. When InstallFiles copies
> > your file, you need
> > to be sure it won't replace the one you already copied - what do have to
> > prevent that from
> > happening? You may also need a condition on your copy to prevent it from
> > happening during a
> > repair or uninstall
> >
> > Phil Wilson
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 5:48 PM, Kai Peters <kpet...@otaksoft.com> wrote:
> >
> >> My mistake for not specifying what else I had tried:
> >>
> >> When i switched to 'deferred' LIGHT complained:
> >>
> >> error LGHT0204 : ICE77: CA_CopyMasterIni is a in-script custom action. It
> >> must be sequenced in
> >> between the InstallInitialize action and the InstallFinalize action in the
> >> InstallExecuteSequence table
> >>
> >> I also found a piece of advice stating that in this case one should
> >> schedule in
> >> InstallUISequence - but that just gave errors during MSI execution....
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, 18 Sep 2013 11:07:05 -0700, Phil Wilson wrote:
> >>> Your copy custom action is immediate - that means it will always happen
> >>>
> >> before any files are
> >>> actually copied. If you need it to run after InstallFiles has physically
> >>>
> >> copied files it should
> >>> be marked deferred.
> >>>
> >>> Phil Wilson
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 10:45 PM, Kai Peters <kpet...@otaksoft.com>
> >>>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>>> Hi all,
> >>>>
> >>>> hopefully my last newbie issue for some time (all previous issues have
> >>>>
> >> been resolved thanks to
> >>>> the great help from this list - thanks again!):
> >>>>
> >>>> I deploy a CA "CA_CopyMasterIni" to copy a configuration file template
> >>>>
> >> from location A to
> >>>> location B
> >>>> if my customer's IT dept. has dropped one in location A prior to
> >>>>
> >> installing my MSI.
> >>
> >>>> This works as expected.
> >>>>
> >>>> However, as this process is optional I always need to install a default
> >>>>
> >> template file (as shown
> >>>> below).
> >>>>
> >>>> The issue is that InstallFiles happens after my CA and thus the
> >>>>
> >> customer provided template gets
> >>>> overwritten if it was supplied. I had added NeverOverwrite="yes" to the
> >>>>
> >> template component in
> >>>> hopes
> >>>> that this would prevent this overwriting but it does not...
> >>>>
> >>>> If I change sequences in the InstallExecute table and push my CA after
> >>>>
> >> InstallFiles, the CA
> >>>> does not run.
> >>>>
> >>>> How can I achieve my goal?
> >>>>
> >>>> As always, thanks for any pointers,
> >>>>
> >>>> K.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> <DirectoryRef Id="AppDataProductLineFolder">
> >>>> <Component Id="COMP_IniTemplate" Guid="*" NeverOverwrite="yes" > <File
> >>>>
> >> Id="FILE_IniTemplate"
> >>>> Name="Quadra.ini" KeyPath="yes" Vital="no"
> >> Source="$(var.MiscDir)\Quadra.ini" /> </Component>
> >>>> </DirectoryRef>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> <!-- this CA copies an inifile template provided by customer's IT from
> >>>>
> >> COMMON_APPDATA to final
> >>>> destination --> <CustomAction Id="CA_CopyMasterIni"
> >> BinaryKey="BIN_InstallHelperDLL"
> >>>> DllEntry="CopyTestMasterInifile" Execute="immediate" Return="check"
> >>>>
> >> HideTarget="no"
> >>>> Impersonate="yes" />
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> <!-- schedule custom actions -->
> >>>> <InstallExecuteSequence>
> >>>> <!-- back up Quadra.ini before old version is uninstalled --> <Custom
> >>>> Action="CA_BackupGlobalIni" After="InstallValidate" />
> >>>>
> >>>> <!-- restore Quadra.ini after the old version has been uninstalled -->
> >>>> <Custom
> >>>> Action="CA_RestoreGlobalIni" After="RemoveExistingProducts" />
> >>>>
> >>>> <!-- ... -->
> >>>> <Custom Action="CA_CopyMasterIni" After="CA_RestoreGlobalIni" />
> >>>>
> >> </InstallExecuteSequence>
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