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Jon
Jon

Reputation: 1705

Which direction to take for creasting wix custom actions?

Looking for clarity on how to begin writing wix extensions. Was reading this page, which allows one to begin to create a wix extension for adding custom actions to an installer.

Next, wanting to know how to begin coding up the action itself, I dropped in the old installscript code for one method and began to correct it. Choking on MsiGetProperty, I wanted to figure out what I needed to import via "using" to make it available. I then came across this page which appears to have other attributes employed which are not referenced on the wix skeleton page. I then thought, "I wonder if there was a project type for wix extensions made when I instlled it?" and yes, there was! Code fragment looks like that from the second link, neither of which reflect what is on the wix page...

So, what do I do? I have several custom actions to port from installshield and just need a solid example of how to construct the project and methods and hook it into my wix xml file. Thanks!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 132

Answers (1)

Chris Tanev
Chris Tanev

Reputation: 212

Ill give you an example of how i do it :

First Create your Custom Action:

 [CustomAction]
    public static ActionResult CreateIisConfigs(Session session)
    {

        try
        {
            LoadXmlFile(session);
            var iisSettings = new IisSettings
            {

                PathName = session["PATHNAME"],
                UserPath = session["USERPATH"],
                Website = session["WEBSITE"],
                SqlDataSource = session["BLOBSQLDATASOURCE"],
                AppPool = session["BLOBAPPLICATIONPOOL"],
                ApplicationName = session["BLOBAPPLICATION"],
                ApplicationPath = @"Sites\Blabla.Application.WebAPI.Blobs",
                EnvirName = session["BLOBENVIRONMENTNAME"],
                EnvirPath = session["ENVIRONMENTPATH"],
                IdentityDomainType = session["BLOBIDENTITYDOMAIN"],
                SitePhysPath = session["SITEPHYSPATH"],
                SqlPass = session["BLOBSQLPASSWORD"],
                SqlUser = session["BLOBSQLUSER"],
                SslCertPath = session["SSLCERTPATH"],
                SslCertPass = session["SSLCERTPASS"],
                UserAppl = session["BLOBUSERAPPLICATION"],

            };
            IisConfigs.ApplyNewConfigs(iisSettings);

        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            session.Log("----------------------------------------IIS ERROR ---------------------------------------");
            session.Log(e.ToString());
            return ActionResult.Failure;
        }


        return ActionResult.Success;
    }

Then in your wxs initialise the properties etc.. :

 <Property Id="PATHNAME"  Hidden="yes"/>
<Property Id ="WEBSITE" Hidden="yes"/>
<Property Id="SITEPHYSPATH" Hidden="yes"/>
<Property Id="USERPATH" Hidden="yes"/>

Declare your Binary which references to the dll or the custom action :

 <Binary Id="CustomActionsId" SourceFile="..\Blob.CustomActions\bin\Debug\Blob.CustomActions.CA.dll"/>

Declare your custom action :

  <CustomAction Id="CreateIisConfigs" BinaryKey="CustomActionsId"  Return="check" Execute="immediate" DllEntry="CreateIisConfigs" />

Last decide how the custom action will execute :

 <InstallExecuteSequence>
  <Custom Action="CreateIisConfigs" Before="InstallInitialize">NOT Install</Custom>
</InstallExecuteSequence>

Upvotes: 1

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