Running external exes / dlls

[jules140]

Hi,

I need some help with running dlls/exes.

I need to call some external processes that will run after the main msi install.

Everything is in VB.Net and the exes need parameters passed to them.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Jules

[jules140]

Hi,

Still having problems with this.

I just want to run an exe from the CD, after installation of the main application (I do not want to install the exe on the user's system).

Could you please offer detailed steps on how to achieve this?

Regards

Jules

[Jacobo]

If you are working with MSI Factory, you can create a "Custom action" and Publish this action, for example when you push the finish button on the "ExitDialog" (the last dialog in the installation proccess). In that custom action you must run your exe file...but if the drive letter of the cd/dvd drive changes, you can have problems to access your exe. Change the timing secuence for the Finish button doing your custom action before the default action implemented (but keep this action in the secuence of published actions).

There are more possibilities, and better...but I am not expert...


Sorry for my english... ;)

[Jacobo]

In this post http://indigorose.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22584

You can read some similar.

:)

[Adam]

Sorry I should have posted this sooner but I helped this user through general tech support.

The issue was that the user wanted to run an exe from the CD that contained the MSI file.

The solution was a 'Run Executable' action with 'Full path with working folder' and using [SourceDir]\subfolder1\filename.exe

Hope this serves to help people in the future

Adam Kapilik