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I like to run a DISM command in wix custom action without calling a PowerShell script or creating a extra dll. How to resolve the error reported, thanks. Here is the custom action I created for ...
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I'm trying to configure the custom action to be executed only on first install and not to be executed on upgrade during installing the new product. My current Custom Action condition looks like that: (...
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I am using the WixToolset 6.0 with Visual Studio 2022. I am trying to create an installer that installs the following files: <ComponentGroup Id="ApplicationFiles" Directory="...
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I want to use the MSI installer properties like REMOVE, Installed, WIX_UPGRADE_DETECTED in my c# custom action. What i want to do is currently i have the following custom action <Custom Action=&...
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I'm currently trying to implement a custom action that executes a PowerShell script after the installation. My thought about what exactly the MSI file should do is: Install/copy the Powershell script ...
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I need to install .NET Runtime before installing my app. I've read that it is impossible to run second installer after the first one started actions from InstallExecuteSequence table. So, I'm looking ...
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I have a script custom action that is scheduled to run during installation and upgrade: <InstallExecuteSequence> <Custom Action="CallInstaller" Before="InstallFinalize"...
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When someone upgrades to the newer version of the software, I want to copy the file (UpgradeScripts.sql) and paste it in the ProgramFiles/Pharm/Database folder on the installed PC. I am using Wix ...
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I have looked through similar questions on the forum and have found no solution to my problem. I am trying to call dpinst using a custom action and get the error: "Error 1721. There is a problem ...
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I created an msi for an application that relies on a deferred custom action to do a few necessary things. <CustomAction Id="MyCustomAction" Directory="INSTALLFOLDER" Execute=&...
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I am trying to set the install location via a custom action that looks up the install location via a registry entry. The below custom action finds the correct location to install to. However, I cannot ...
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I am encountering an issue with Sourcetree's custom actions when dealing with multiple files that have spaces in their filenames. When using $FILE as the parameter for custom actions, Sourcetree sends ...
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<project-dir-name>/ ├── .github/ │ ├── actions/ │ │ └── cached-deps/ │ │ ├── action.yml └── .github/ └── workflows/ └── main.yml Here is the custom action for ...
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I am programming in VB.net . I have made setup project to custom install my main application and added Textbox (A) dialog in user interface. At the time of installation, I want the input of the ...
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QuerySnapshot querySnapshot = await FirebaseFirestore.instance .collection('collection-name') .where("users", arrayContains: userRef) .get(); I get data from firebase ...
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Where exactly can I add a custom action for scheduling tasks for my Windows service to run every night at 3 am for restart using Wix. Below is my code in ComponentsGenerated.wxs: <Component Id=&...
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I have powershell script which I would like to run with help of WIX Custom Action. Inside this script I have winget install command which I would like to use in order to install dotnet runtime. Custom ...
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I want to execute my Custom Action if user is unselecting a specific feature. It doesn't matter if this is during a Repair, Upgrade or Uninstall. The action should not be executed, when during a ...
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I have a custom action which runs a packaged exe : <CustomAction Id="RunIt" Directory="INSTALLFOLDER" ExeCommand="[INSTALLFOLDER]MyEXE.exe /silent >...
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I have a Wix Custom Action DLL that is used in multiple installer projects. I'd like to deploy this DLL to our nuget repository so it is easier to share. However, the dotnet pack command doesn't put ...
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how can I run CA that would run on CANCEL/abort installation? I'd like to run a command in case of cancel/abort. I need it to support at quiet mode too. Also, how can I detect it's on cancel mode? ...
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I am able to obtain the link token successfully from Plaid. However, when I pass it to the app (Tried in both Flutterflow Test mode from both desktop and mobile browsers) and trying to initialize the ...
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I tried connecting my Flutterflow application to Appwrite via a custom action in Flutterflow, but an error message stated that the URL "import 'package:dart_appwrite/dart_appwrite.dart';" ...
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I have created installer(.msi) using WIX Toolset V4.Added files that gets copied to destination when msi file is invoke. I am also copying dependency(DirectX redist exe) for the application. I want to ...
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How the wxs code below should be modified to make WiX 3.11 run custom actions only? (without any installation whatsoever) `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Wix ...
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I have a PowerShell script where I am reading and editing registry. I tried running it manually, calling it from command line, converting it to an .exe with ps2exe, and for all of those scenarios it ...
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I am having some trouble trying to perform automatic installations after a registry search to see installed versions of specific software. This custom action should then set a conditional variable to &...
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thank's in advance. I want to append a file after fetching files using fetch:template Action example:- below is my fetch action steps: - id: fetch provisioning template name: fetch ...
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I have a custom action which I need to execute only once during install or upgrading. What happens is that the custom action is being executed twice if there is an older version of the same product ...
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I have a Visual Studio 2022 instance (version 17.6.5) with the Microsoft Visual Studio Installer Projects package (version 2.0) installed on a Windows Server 2022 virtual machine. I'd like to ...
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currently I have define a Custom Action where I am validating whether a client machine has .net 6 installed or not and a appropriate message I am passing through session message. like below. string ...
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I am writing a custom action to hit an https endpoint to check a license key. The custom action code works fine if i run it outside of installshield in a console application, so i know the code works ...
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We're having a .Net application built on winforms and c#. We need to digitally sign the application exe after installation on any user's system. We've got the .pfx key and the installer exe is getting ...
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I have a WiX project with below piece of code to register a library: <Fragment> <ComponentGroup Id="COMObjectComponent" Directory="APPLICATIONFOLDER&...
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We are planning to ship a new version of a Windows app, and along with it replacing the older NSIS-based installer with a new MSI created with WiX. I am trying to perform a silent uninstall of the old ...
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I am looking to write my first C# CustomAction project in .net7 using Wix4. I have a very simple class in the project with one function decorated with the CustomAction attribute. The reading that I ...
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Details of the problem: I have an action that has to be executed when unistalling but not when updating the product to a new version. I have defined the UpgradeVersion like this: <UpgradeVersion ...
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All I create a wix installer to do following task: at the end of the installation (before clicking Finish), launch the customized "Run.exe" to install "VS Redistributable" and ...
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I am following several sources/SO posts and even the Wix installer book and this is how I am currently setting two properties in an immediate custom action then trying to read it in a deferred action. ...
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I have a problem with my wix installer. I want to execute a custom action when clicking on the next button on a custom page 'InputDlg'. Thats working fine so far. But I also need a return value. If ...
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I would like to add a custom action in my Wix installer that runs between the StopServices and the StartServices. So that the service is down when the custom action is running. If I do the following ...
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I have an add-in that delivering as a part of another product. There is no installer for that add-in at all. I want create an installer that on installation, copy dlls(old dlls) of that add-in to ...
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I am trying to use customAction method in a Bootstrapper project to determined specific version of .net core is installed or not, but it not work here is my wsx file code <Fragment> &...
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In wix 3 you could specify a condition inside the custom element. In wix 4 the same element does not seem to accept inner text anymore. If you try to set a condition the compiler throws a The Custom ...
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What happens if a rollback custom action fails? Do I need to specify a Return attribute in Wix CustomAction element for a rollback custom action? I did a quick test. I created a binary custom action: ...
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I am trying to install a msi file using msiexec on Windows. This msi can be installed either into the default ProgramFiles dir or a custom dir specified in the msiexec command. For example when the ...
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I trying using this: How to pass CustomActionData to a CustomAction using WiX? I have 2 CA and several Properties. CustomActionData using in second CA. Product.wxs: <Binary Id="CustomAction1&...
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We found some uninstallation issue on already released msi which is creating issue during upgrade of higher version.I need to modify few custom action conditions so that it doesn't run while msi ...
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I need to add some files from customer environment into existing msi before installation. In order to do this, We have C# WinForms project which generates transform(.mst) file and add the files in it ...
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I have a WiX project that installs a few Windows Services that are written in .NET 6. They each have an appSettings.json file in their directory in Program Files. During the install UI, I need to ask ...
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