[wix-users] Deferred custom action - communication

[Alex Earl]

I think that is the way I am going to go. Will deferred actions continue
after the installer has completed?

On Tue, Apr 12, 2022 at 6:50 AM Coryat, Jim via wix-users <
wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org> wrote:

> Then really with this scenario the best you could hope for is to pop a
> notification from the CA with the discovered values?
>
> From: Edwin Castro <egcastr at gmail.com>
> Sent: Monday, April 11, 2022 6:37 PM
> To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
> Cc: Coryat, Jim <Jim.Coryat at softprocorp.com>
> Subject: Re: [wix-users] Deferred custom action - communication
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> This only works with immediate custom actions.
>
> Communication is only one-way for deferred custom actions, from the
> session to the deferred custom action via CustomActionData.
>
> --
> Edwin G. Castro
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 2:19 PM Coryat, Jim via wix-users <
> wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org<mailto:wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>>
> wrote:
> What I have done is to create\update a property with that value using the
> session object which will then be available in the installer context which
> you can then display on the exit dialog.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wix-users <wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org<mailto:
> wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org>> On Behalf Of Alex Earl via
> wix-users
> Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2022 6:59 PM
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> Cc: Alex Earl <slide.o.mix at gmail.com<mailto:slide.o.mix at gmail.com>>
> Subject: [wix-users] Deferred custom action - communication
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> Hi Everyone,
>
> I'm new to the list, looking forward to learning more! I am currently
> working on the MSI installer for the Jenkins open source project. When
> Jenkins starts for the first time, it creates a file that contains a
> temporary administrator password on disk. What I would like to do in a
> custom action is wait for that file to be created and then display it in
> the installer on the ExitDlg. My custom action needs to be elevated because
> the file may be in another user's LocalData area. I have the
> username/password for that user because I do a check for service login
> capability using msiext. I have the custom action written, but I am not
> sure how to send data BACK to the wxs so that I can display the temp
> password in the UI. I know with a deferred custom action, you have to use
> CustomActionData in a .NET custom action, but all the information I have
> seen seems to say that it is only one way. Is there a way to do what I am
> trying to do?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Alex
>
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