[wix-users] how to call a c# custom action from a dll which is installed along with the product

[MANO MANO]

is there a way i can achieve it through dll itself ? any sample code would
really be helpful for me

On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 10:50 PM, Hoover, Jacob <Jacob.Hoover at greenheck.com>
wrote:

> I think what you are missing is that your install is required to be
> installed before you run this "CA". When I said exe, I was leaning towards
> an exe that you run, from the installed folder.  (Loading an assembly from
> something other than the original ApplicationBase is not trivial).
>
> Note, having this as an exe means whatever you are changing with it, you
> should configure your package to attempt to clean up in the case of an
> uninstall.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf
> Of MANO MANO
> Sent: Monday, November 16, 2015 11:13 AM
> To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
> Subject: Re: [wix-users] how to call a c# custom action from a dll which
> is installed along with the product
>
> dont get me wrong, i think you misunderstood my scenario, I don't have an
> exe, i have  a c# dll that i needs to be deployed in the machine. There is
> one CA i needed to execute from it and since this dll CA requires
> supporting dlls i cant put this dll in the binary table and execute. Is is
> possible, can you provide any sample code or any way to do it, it will be
> much helpful.
>
> On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 10:35 PM, Hoover, Jacob <
> Jacob.Hoover at greenheck.com>
> wrote:
>
> > You can run an exe at the end of your install, but if the exe is
> > modifying machine state then you might want to reconsider.  If you are
> > doing your changes outside of the InstallExecute sequence, or via
> > custom actions, you risk breaking the transactional nature of a Windows
> Installer package.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On
> > Behalf Of MANO MANO
> > Sent: Monday, November 16, 2015 10:40 AM
> > To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
> > Subject: Re: [wix-users] how to call a c# custom action from a dll
> > which is installed along with the product
> >
> > my installer has this c# dll, the code require some supporting dlls to
> > me present at the same location in order to work. I was trying to see
> > how to do it. Obviously i have seen how to run an exe that is
> > installed in the machine so i thought may be i can call a CA from a
> > dll that was deployed by the product.
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 9:30 PM, Hoover, Jacob
> > <Jacob.Hoover at greenheck.com
> > >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > It's not impossible to do, but it would be a challenge.  You would
> > > have to create a custom app domain to be able to load an assembly
> > > from an arbitrary location. It would also have to be setup to run
> > > very late in the installation process, and it would be difficult to
> > > get it right (as far as roolback/uninstall).
> > >
> > > Is there a reason you can't have a stand-alone CA assembly?
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On
> > > Behalf Of MANO MANO
> > > Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2015 10:14 AM
> > > To: wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org
> > > Subject: [wix-users] how to call a c# custom action from a dll which
> > > is installed along with the product
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > i am trying to call a c# function from a C# dll which is installed
> > > along with the product. Can anyone help me in guiding me how to do it?
> > > Everywhere i could see the dll is being referenced by adding it to
> > > the binary table, but in my case i wanted to call the managed code
> > > custom action from the dll which is deployed along with the product.
> > >
> > > thanks in advance
> > >
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> > > *Mano*
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