Launching a binary on exit

[FrankDMartinez]

While I have seen the FAQ entry on being able to launch an application immediately with a button push, I am wondering if it's possible to have an installer launch an application at the installation's exit if the User has checked a particular box beforehand.

[Ulrich]

Do you mean this?

Ulrich

[FrankDMartinez]

Yes!

Thanks very much!

[FrankDMartinez]

Is there a way to have the binary launch only during the installation and not during the uninstallation?

[Ulrich]

As that screen would be shown only at the end of the installation and not after the uninstall, there was no need to add a condition. However, if you are running the executable at the end of the MSI using a Custom Action, you could use conditions such as "Installed" and "Not Installed" for controlling the execution of the CA.

Ulrich

[kiwiguy]

Great advice here, but my installer UI hangs as it launches my application EXE. In fact it continues to hang until I exit my application - upon which it closes.

Is there a setting that tells the MSI to launch my application EXE "after" the installation UI closes?

[Ulrich]

This sounds like you are checking for the exit code of the program. If you want to close your MSI when the program is launched, ignore the exit code.

Ulrich

[kiwiguy]

The Custom Action was set to "Ignore" any return code, but I noticed that the built-in help said that this process ran "synchronously". I changed the Return setting to "Async no wait" and it fixed it!

My application EXE now launches successfully as the installer exits.