[wix-users] Deferred custom action - communication

[Alex Earl]

In the case of a silent install, I would not do this at all.  This would
only be for a full gui based install.

On Tue, Apr 12, 2022, 10:18 Edwin Castro via wix-users <
wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org> wrote:

> The MSI architecture pushes a model where you make decisions first and then
> execute them. If possible you should decide on the data in an immediate
> custom action, populate properties accordingly, then pass that data to a
> deferred custom action (or standard action if already available) to make
> the changes.
>
> It sounds like the data is generated in the act of making the changes and
> you just want to report the generated data. How would you report the data
> on a silent install? Perhaps that might suggest a communication mechanism.
>
> --
> Edwin G. Castro
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 12, 2022 at 6:50 AM Coryat, Jim <Jim.Coryat at softprocorp.com>
> wrote:
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> > 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
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> > *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> 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> On Behalf Of
> > Alex Earl via wix-users
> > Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2022 6:59 PM
> > To: wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org
> > Cc: Alex Earl <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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