custom-action

I have two custom dialog boxes (plus the required ones ExitDlg , FatalErrorDlg , etc.), the first one sets a property using an Edit control and the second one shows this property using a Text control. Here is the meaningful code: <Dialog Id="DialogA" ...> <Control Id="ControlEdit" Type="Edit" Property="MY_PROPERTY" .../> <Control Id="ControlNext" Type="PushButton" ...> <Publish Event="EndDialog" Value="Return" /></Control> </Dialog> And then the second dialog: <Dialog Id="DialogB" ...> <Control Id="ControlText" Type="Text" Text="[MY_PROPERTY]" .../> <Control Id="ControlBack" Type="PushButton"

I'm trying to install a certificate in the Local Machine Store in a custom action. The certificate is installed, but when I use it to query AWS, I get this error: Object contains only the public half of a key pair. A private key must also be provided. The installer is running elevated , the target is Windows Vista. If I use a separate .exe to install the exact same certificate, using the exact same code, it works. So what is it that differs when installing a certificate using the Windows Installer? The code: private void InstallCertificate(string certificatePath, string certificatePassword) {

I think I've got the same issue like this guy , but I wasn't as lucky as him/her since the solution provided doesn't work for me. The solution provided looks for files on the C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Crypto\RSA\MachineKeys ( not in sub directories) and C:\Users\[Username]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Crypto\RSA (and subdirectories) However since I want the setup to install the application to all users, the custom action is running under the SYSTEM -User, which leads the files beeing actually created in C:\ProgramData\Application Data\Microsoft\Crypto\RSA\S-1-5-18 . When running an "normal"

I want to create a CustomAction C# DLL file that depends on a third-party .NET DLL (in this specific case, it's MySql.Data.dll ). I have the C# custom action DLL file working with the WiX fragment below. I'm just trying to figure out how to safely add a dependency to the custom action. Note: I don't actually need this third-party DLL file file for the installed application to run. <Binary Id="MyCustomAction.dll" SourceFile="MyCustomAction.CA.dll" /> <CustomAction Id="FixupConfigForMysql" Return="check" /> <InstallExecuteSequence> <Custom Action='FixupConfigForMysql' After='InstallFiles'>NOT

This is a question I intend to answer myself, but please feel free to add other ways to accomplish this. I was packaging an application for use on a wide variety of configurations, and I determined that the most reliable way to perform custom logic within my MSI would be to write my own custom action DLL that would be able to read/write from the PROPERTY table, kill a process, determine if an application needed to be upgraded (and then record the answer in the PROPERTY table), and write to the standard MSI log. My solution is in Delphi, and requires the open-source JEDI API translations that

I have a custom action and need to get below values for copying some parts from installation folder to VS2010 folder VS2010 directory path ( VS2010DEVENV property) Installation path ( INSTALLLOCATION property) To give enough privileges, I've set custom action as Execute='deferred' Impersonate='no' . But when running the installer, it logged the message: Cannot access session details from a non-immediate custom action It seems we cannot access a property in a "deferred" custom action (i.e session["VS2010DEVENV"] ) Is there any other way so that I can retrieve those values as needed? This must

I am designing a windows installer project using WIX. Now it fails in the installation, because the Commit custom action won't get executed, which is caused, weirdly, because a scheduled following custom action has one route to return ActionResult.Success . Let me explain in details: Basically I have two custom actions regarding to installation: one called CommitCA and one called InstallCA. The execution schedule is listed as below: <CustomAction Id="CommitCA" BinaryKey="CustomActionDll" DllEntry="CommitCA" Execute="commit" Return="check" Impersonate="no"/> <CustomAction Id="InstallCA"