> From: Gerry Reno [mailto:gr...@verizon.net] > Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 6:46 PM > On 12/20/2013 01:43 PM, Jeremy Farrell wrote: > >> From: Gerry Reno [mailto:gr...@verizon.net] > >> Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 6:28 PM > >> On 12/20/2013 01:16 PM, Edwin Castro wrote: > >>> On 12/20/13, 9:49 AM, Gerry Reno wrote: > >>>> It's not a Windows program. It's a CUI program that you launch > from > >> cmd.exe > >>> Which you can still more easily start directly. If you insist in > >>> wrapping the call with cmd.exe then you MUST adhere to cmd.exe's > >> funky > >>> quotation rules. > >>> > >>> Do it the easy way and remove cmd.exe from your invocation. > >>> > >>> It looks like you don't have command line arguments for > >> myprogram.exe... > >>> Assuming the File/@Id for myprogram.exe is myprogram.exe, I would > try > >>> > >>> <CustomAction Id="Launch_myprogram.exe" > >>> FileKey="myprogram.exe" > >>> ExeCommand="" > >>> Execute="deferred" > >>> Return="asyncWait"/> > >>> > >>> Or to run myprogram.exe without showing the Command Prompt > window... > >>> > >>> <SetProperty Id="Launch_myprogram.exe" > >>> Before="Launch_myprogram.exe" > >>> Sequence="execute" > >>> Value=""[#myprogram.exe]""/> > >>> <CustomAction Id="Launch_myprogram.exe" > >>> BinaryKey="CAQuietExec" > >>> Execute="deferred" > >>> Return="asyncWait"/> > >> I not certain this will work. It might with something like a .bat > file > >> since the system knows that .bat files are > >> executed by cmd.exe. > >> > >> But what is there to tell the system that my exe requires being run > by > >> cmd.exe? > > Why does your program require being run by cmd.exe? How does it know > whether or not it was run by cmd.exe? It sounds rather unusual. > > Read first line.
The line which says it's a CUI program? That's clear, you've said it many times, but so what? Answer question. > > If myprogram.exe is a file which is being installed by this > installer, you've got other complications as well. > > How so? Care to explain? Not my area of expertise, plenty of discussion in the archives. Depending on the sequencing of the install the file may not be on the system at the time you want to execute it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
