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

Kubilay Özışık kubi.ozi at gmail.com
Wed Oct 7 14:43:15 PDT 2015


I can't make the UI Sequence After="InstallInitialize", can I? What can I
put instead of InstallInitialize to make it work in between Install
initialize and install finalize?

On 8 October 2015 at 00:41, KONDURU Pavan <Pavan.KONDURU at 3ds.com> wrote:

> As far as I know, NO.
> They Should be placed between install initialize and install finalize.
>
> --Pavan
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> Of Kubilay Özisik
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> Subject: Re: [wix-users] Custom Action with Deferred Execution and No
> Impersonate in UISequence
>
> Is it not possible to run a Custom Action deferred execution before the
> ExecuteAction phase? or which phases can I run these batches?
>
> I'm OK with the batches for now. Later on, there will be changes but now I
> need to run those actions from UI Sequence. Do you know how ?
>
> On 8 October 2015 at 00:29, John Cooper <JoCooper at jackhenry.com> wrote:
>
> > 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.
> >
> > --
> > 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
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On
> > Behalf Of Kubilay Özisik
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 7, 2015 4:15 PM
> > To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
> > 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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> > Kubilay Özışık
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