Pre/Post actions per-file?

[Mutton]

Is it possible to script actions on a per-file basis? Basically, I need to be able to query for and shutdown a service if started, let the install copy the file, then restart the service, logging each step and result back to a remote admin console that's monitoring the install. Since the admin service responsible for feeding my status back lives on the target machine, and is in use, it's the last .exe to get installed/updated. This, obviously, breaks the connection to the admin console on the remote machine, meaning that I can't take advantage of the standard post-install actions to call a restart en-masse function.

It appears that I can utilize File.Install() to build my own file installation process and put it in a "While" screen, but how would I then keep Setup Factory from processing the same file?

Anyhoo, to summarize, I'd like to be able to script pre- and post- file install. :)

Thanks for any advice!

- Mutt :huh