[wix-users] Required help in Logging.

[Gary M]

I ran into the same issue. The way I solved  it in the past is writing a
simple setup.exe that sets the Installer registry debug values and calling
msiexe with the logging parameters.

The log's raw aesthetics has "much to be desired" as an end user report.
David Watson's suggestion to use Wilogutl.exe is a good first step. If you
want something more user friendly, a parser may be required. What I've also
done is custom actions built for generating an  installation report. I
never figured out how to "read" the install log in a custom action.

Here is the registry settings I used with the setup.exe approach:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Installer]
"Debug"=dword:00000007


On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 8:39 AM, David Watson <dwatson at sdl.com> wrote:

> Seems rather silly to re-write something that works.
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> If you are struggling with the format have you tried this?
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> https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa372811(v=vs.85).aspx
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> Of Anil Kumar
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> Subject: [wix-users] Required help in Logging.
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> Hi,
> Can anyone suggest me how to create installation log something similar like
> MSBuild log. For an end user, Its difficult to find the errors from the
> MSI's default log which we generate using /l*v or someother option.
>
> I want to include all phases of installation(like file copy, reg creation,
> install initialize, finalize, xxxx) along with my other custom actions.
>
> Can anyone provide some inputs.
>
> Thanks
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