[wix-users] Unzip setup

Blaine Wheeler blainekw at gmail.com
Sat Jun 9 09:07:35 PDT 2018


Do you even need to the dll?  If you want to confirm the dll is in the msi
you should be able to see it in the binary table using Instedit, Orca or
some other msi content viewer.

On Sat, Jun 9, 2018 at 4:23 AM Danny Löser via wix-users <
wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org> wrote:

> Thanks, but with 7-Zip can I unzip the wix setup exe but not the wix msi.
>
> I have the msi unpacked with:
>
> Msiexec /a "C:\Dev\setup.msi" TARGETDIR="C:\temp\msiextract\" /passive
>
> But in the result is not the dll with the custom actions.
>
>
> I have a reference in the MSI project and in the product.wxs:
>
>      <Binary Id="SetupCustomActions.CA.dll"
> SourceFile="$(var.SolutionDir)\SetupCustomActions\bin\$(var.Configuration)\SetupCustomActions.CA.dll"
>
> />
>      <CustomAction Id="CustomAction_AfterInstall"
>                    BinaryKey="SetupCustomActions.CA.dll"
>                    DllEntry="CustomAction_AfterInstall"
>                    Impersonate="yes"
>                    Return="check"/>
>
>
> Am 09.06.2018 um 11:51 schrieb TJ LEIGH via wix-users:
> > I use 7-Zip
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: wix-users <wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org> on behalf of
> Danny Löser via wix-users <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
> > Sent: Saturday, June 9, 2018 8:50:51 AM
> > To: wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org
> > Cc: Danny Löser
> > Subject: [wix-users] Unzip setup
> >
> > Hi at all,
> >
> > I have created a wix msi with a reference to a dll which provides custom
> > actions.
> >
> > How can I unpack this finished msi to see this dll in the form of a file?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
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