[wix-users] Custom Action with Deferred Execution and No Impersonate in UISequence

[John Cooper]

There are much better ways to accomplish these tasks.  See NETFRAMEWORK45 and other properties in the NetFx extension.  See the IIS Extension.  See the SQL Extension.  See a tutorial on writing a C++ or C# custom action.

I support 27 installers for 6 teams (including one outside my division) that accomplish all these tasks without using one line of batch embedded in the installer.

Quite apart from the security concerns, rollback is going to be a major problem for this installer.  Don't do it this way.

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John Merryweather Cooper
Senior Software Engineer | Integration Development Group | Enterprise Notification Service
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® | Lenexa, KS  66214 | Ext:  431050 |JoCooper at jackhenry.com



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From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf Of Kubilay Özisik
Sent: Wednesday, October 7, 2015 4:15 PM
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Subject: [wix-users] Custom Action with Deferred Execution and No Impersonate in UISequence

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Hi there,

I have some batch files and need to run under administrator privileges. For that, I make the impersonate=no, and it forces me to make execute=deferred.
Now, I can't call the CA before the installation. How do I make this work?
Which sequences can I use for deferred execution and no impersonate?

What I have so far is:

<UIRef Id="MyWebUI" />
   <Binary Id='CMDEXE' SourceFile='C:\WINDOWS\System32\cmd.exe' />
<!-- BATCHES BEFORE THE INSTALLATION --> <CustomAction Id="CHECKFRAMEWORK" BinaryKey="CMDEXE"  Impersonate="no"
Execute="deferred" ExeCommand='/k "fixframework.bat"' Return="ignore" /> <CustomAction Id="ENABLEIIS" BinaryKey="CMDEXE" Impersonate="no"
Execute="deferred" ExeCommand='/k "fixiis.bat"' Return="ignore"/>

<!-- BATCHES AFTER THE INSTALLATION -->
<CustomAction Id="FIXHOST" BinaryKey="CMDEXE" Execute="deferred"
 Impersonate="no" ExeCommand='/k "fixhost.bat"' Return="ignore" /> <CustomAction Id="CREATEDB" BinaryKey="CMDEXE" Execute="deferred"
 Impersonate="no" ExeCommand='/k "init-db.bat"' Return="ignore" /> <CustomAction Id="INSTALLPANNINUPLOADER" BinaryKey="CMDEXE"
 Impersonate="no" Execute="deferred" ExeCommand='/k "install-service.bat"'
Return="ignore" />

   <InstallUISequence>
<Custom Action="CHECKFRAMEWORK" After="AppSearch" /> <Custom Action="ENABLEIIS" After="CHECKFRAMEWORK" />

<Custom Action="FIXHOST" After="ExecuteAction"/> <Custom Action="CREATEDB" After="FIXHOST"/> <Custom Action="InstallUploader" After="CREATEDB"/> </InstallUISequence>

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