There are restrictions on calling logging from a DoAction event, the underlying MsiProcessMessage call doesn't work. The documentation is rather poor and probably incorrect in some ways, so I'd ignore the Serer 2003 reference:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368322(v=vs.85).aspx --------------- Phil Wilson On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 8:57 AM, ALFORD Jack <jack.alf...@hexagonmetrology.com> wrote: > I have a custom action that when called as a check in the InstallUISequence > writes data to the log file via session.Log stmts. But when a different > method in the same custom action is called from a dialog then none of the > session.log stmts are written to the log. > > Here is how the custom action is called during the InstallUISequence: > > <InstallUISequence> > <Custom Action="checkFoo" > After="CostFinalize" > Overridable="yes"/> > </InstallUISequence> > > This is how the custom action is called from the dialog: > > <Publish Event="DoAction" Value="checkFooBar"></Publish> > > I'm baffled as to why this is happening. The only thing I can see different > is from looking at how the custom action is invoked in the log. > > When called from the InstallUISequence the log says this: Calling custom > action CustomActions!Install.CustomActions.CustomActions > > When called from the dialog event the log says this: MSI (c) (6C:48) > [10:00:03:869]: Invoking remote custom action. DLL: > > Am I missing something to enable the sesion logging in all situations? > Perhaps there is some parameter that I need to set on the CustomAction > declaration that is being called from the dialog that would allow session.Log > to succeed? > > Thanks for any assistance. > > Jack Alford > Hexagon Metrology > 19 Interpro Drive, Building 24B-103 > Huntsville, AL 35824 > USA > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Dive into the World of Parallel Programming. The Go Parallel Website, > sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your > hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought > leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a > look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming. The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
