[cvsnt] Re: Problem with post install custom action

Casey Schmit cschmit at winternals.com
Sat Apr 9 04:50:03 BST 2005


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Pulled down the source and looked at the installer wxs files.  I think all 
that needs to be done is to change the following:

BinaryKey="Postinst.exe"

to

FileKey="postinst.exe"

I think that should be the piece that turns it into a action type of 18. 
I'd build and test, but I haven't gotten around to building the full thing 
just yet.  If that works, then you should be able to remove the line that 
adds postinst.exe to the binary table.

<Binary Id="Postinst.exe" src="$(var.CVSNT_BASE)\postinst.exe" />

Thanks,

Casey





"Casey Schmit" <cschmit at winternals.com> wrote in message 
news:d36v52$qfq$1 at paris.nodomain.org...
> So it is a Wix install... :)  I hadn't looked.  I have a friend who has 
> done quite a bit with WIX and custom actions and I'll see if he has any 
> ideas. I'll also take a look and post back if I see what a possible 
> solution is.
>
> Thanks for looking at this.
>
> Casey
>
>
>
> "Tony Hoyle" <tmh at nodomain.org> wrote in message 
> news:d36af1$hac$1 at paris.nodomain.org...
>> Casey Schmit wrote:
>>> custom action.  If you change it to a type 18 custom action, it uses the 
>>> postinst.exe installed in the <program files>\CVSNT directory and works 
>>> as expected.  (you also have to change the source to postinst.exe from 
>>> Postinst.exe).  The log items in my message actually show this.
>>
>> I'm not sure if Wix can override types like this (the documentation isn't 
>> that great on custom actions).  I'll have a look at it though.
>>
>>
>> Tony
>
> 





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