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c#wixcustom-action
kenai
kenai

Reputation: 105

C# custom action after InstallInitialize using WiX

I have created a simple C# custom action.

[CustomAction]
public static ActionResult MySimpleAction(Session session)
{
    MessageBox.Show("It works!");
    return ActionResult.Success;
}

<Binary Id="myAction" 
        SourceFile="MyApp.CA.dll"/>

<CustomAction Id="myActionId" 
              BinaryKey="myAction" 
              DllEntry="MySimpleAction" 
              Execute="deferred" 
              Return="check" />

<InstallExecuteSequence>
      <Custom Action="myActionId" 
              After="InstallInitialize">CHECKBOXCOPYPROP=1</Custom>
</InstallExecuteSequence>

I got error 2762, when I ran the installation.

When I run

<InstallExecuteSequence>
    <Custom Action="myActionId" 
            Before="InstallFinalize">CHECKBOXCOPYPROP=1</Custom>
</InstallExecuteSequence>

I didn't get the error. Why can't I run after InstallInitialize? How is it run?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 4435

Answers (2)

kenai
kenai

Reputation: 105

You must write:

<CustomAction Id="myActionId" BinaryKey="myAction" DllEntry="MySimpleAction" Execute="immediate" Return="check" />

With Execute="deferred" it will not work.

Besides this, in CusomAction.config it must be written:

<configuration>
    <startup useLegacyV2RuntimeActivationPolicy="true">
        <supportedRuntime version="v4.0" />
        <supportedRuntime version="v2.0.50727"/>
    </startup>
</configuration>

Upvotes: 2

Christopher Painter
Christopher Painter

Reputation: 55581

Both after InstallIntialize and before InstallFinalize should work. Take a look at your built MSI using Orca and take a look at the InstallExecuteSequence. Sort it by column Sequence. Does it look to be scheduled correctly? A logfile will also be helpful.

Upvotes: 1

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