[wix-users] Write custom message in WIX log file

[Elena Aralla]

Hello,

I was rather looking for something simpler, like a tag to use in the Product.wxs file, for example:

<Log message = "this is my custom log message" />

or

<LOG>this is my custom log message</LOG>

that will write my message in the MSI log …

have a nice day, 
Elena.


> Il giorno 20 lug 2018, alle ore 19:48, Rob Mensching via wix-users <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org> ha scritto:
> 
> You want: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/api/msiquery/nf-msiquery-msiprocessmessage
> 
> There are wrappers available in wcautil and DTF
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: wix-users <wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org> On Behalf Of Stein Inge Åsmul via wix-users
> Sent: Friday, July 20, 2018 9:04 AM
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> Cc: Stein Inge Åsmul <glytzhkof at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [wix-users] Write custom message in WIX log file
> 
> From a custom action? Though not from WiX, I hope it is OK to link to good
> content: Writing to the Log File from a Custom Action <https://resources.flexera.com/web/pdf/archive/msi_writing_to_the_log_file.pdf>.
> This
> is from Flexera (makers of Installshield), but it covers logging from different types of custom actions in general as well as their proprietary ways.
> 
> There may be better ways to do this from managed code that I haven't used (I stay away from managed code CAs).
> 
> Come to think of it, aren't there built-in constructs in the WiX custom action templates for this (logging)? I am on Linux right now and can't test. I will have a look later. Or just install the visual studio
> integration(s) and create a new test project yourself?
> 
> http://wixtoolset.org/releases/ (get the appropriate WiX Toolset Visual Studio Extension according to your Visual Studio version - see a bit down the page).
> 
> 2018-07-20 17:42 GMT+02:00 Elena Aralla via wix-users <
> wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>:
> 
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> is there any way to write custom messages in the default WIX log?
>> 
>> The best thing would be to write a custom log file, but it seems to me 
>> that it's not possible, right?
>> 
>> Thank you, Elena.
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