Wix code for Calling the Custom Exe’s or System Build-In Exe’s for performing the Action a. Calling CACLS.exe for setting the Permissions <CustomAction Id=”NTPermission” Directory=”TARGETDIR” ExeCommand='”cacls.exe” “[TARGETDIR]*.*” /T /E /G “MyCustomUser:R”‘ Return=”check” />b. Calling CACLS.exe for Removing the Permissions<CustomAction Id=”NTPermissionUninstall” Directory=”TARGETDIR” ExeCommand='”cacls.exe” “[TARGETDIR]*.*” /T /E /R “MyCustomUser”‘ Return=”check” />c. Calling… Read more »
Creating the WebSite using WIX includes some simple issues as we some time cannot expect the QA, UAT and Prod environment Installation and their topology.As we know there is simple way to create WebSite and Virtual Directoy using wix, Extension of this targets creating without any issues irrespective of Website… Read more »
Following are the common Error Codes OR Exit Codes generated while running the Windows installer using msiexec command. Value Description Error Code 0 Action completed successfully. ERROR_SUCCESS 13 The data is invalid. ERROR_INVALID_DATA 87 One of the parameters was invalid. ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER 120 This function is not available for this platform…. Read more »
Updating the Multi string values in Registry using WIX Code. Below is the component code for Inserting the Multi-String values to the Registry Key <component Id=”updRegistry” Guid=”{XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx}” ><registrykey Action=”createAndRemoveOnUninstall”Id=”InstallRegistryValues”Root=”HKLM”Key=”SoftwareMicrosoftTest”><registryvalue Name=”UserName” Value=”Abcdedfg” Type=”string”></RegistryValue><registryvalue Name=”Silent” Value=”1″ Type=”integer”></RegistryValue><registryvalue Name=”Sources” Value=”AAAA[~]BBBB[~]CCCC” Type=”multiString”></RegistryValue></RegistryKey></Component>
