To pass data into your customaction code in visual studio setup projects, for example, you set the customactiondata property to the data you want to pass into the custom action, and in your. Oct 15, 2010 using vbscript to copy files to a folder in a msi setup project last week i found out that one of our admin apps on the server was not installed currently. How do i package this vbscript as a msi for group policy. Directly linking to any file will always prompt for download. Click the download button on this page to start the download, or choose a different language from the dropdown list and click go do one of the following. Youve caused me a lot of frustration and wasted time yesterday in my quest to realize best practices. I had a developer that is no longer with us create an msi to do this for me, but the package is outdated now and we need to deploy new files. To understand the use of custom actions, its important to know how to use windows installer properties, and in particular the customactiondata property. Register vb runtime during installation advanced installer. Scriptbox find your script, vbscript vbscripts vbscript. Have you ever wondered how to access commandline arguments in installscript or installscript msi projects.
In wix, using vbscript, how do i write to the log file. Using vbscript in an installer package codeproject. Script properties are scoped per script, regardless of which user runs the script. There are times when i must verify the msi provided is what it says it is thus this script was born. This script is tested on these platforms by the author. Visual studio setup projects and custom actions simple. The software lies within development tools, more precisely distribution. The current installer available for download occupies 41.
Apr 18, 2020 i have made a vb script to return a value held within a particular type of file. Mar 31, 2011 im disappointed in you windows installer. Wix, custom actions and msigetproperty a beginning. Sep 24, 2005 to run a vbscript during installation, simply create a script, add it to your setup and deployment project and add it as a custom action, as shown in the demo code. Flexnet operations flexnet embedded flexnet publisher flexnet connect flexnet code insight installanywhere installshield products a to z. Setup determine the path where this running script is. Read properties and information of msi database advanced.
Saving msi property values to make them available after the initial installation robert dickau senior technical trainer flexera software. How to set an installer property using custom actions. Click on the msi script tab and select installation mode as all custom actions, then select the option of call vbscript from installation. To start the installation immediately, click open or run this program from its current location to copy the download to your computer for installation at a later time, click save or save this program to disk. If you look at the docs for msigetproperty it says. Dec 21, 2011 types of msi custom actions introduction it is also assumed you are familiar with some of the wizards this white paper describes some of the types of custom actions available with installshield, such as the release wizard supported by windows installer msi. Your handle doesnt come from one of those three functions it comes from msiopendatabase. Select all function getmsifileversion const msiopendatabasemodereadonly 0 dim installer, database dim mymsi dim filename, propname extracting filename gived as parameter filename session. To use it, after downloading the zip file, doubleclick lessmsi. Installshield msisetproperty and msigetproperty solutions. Unicode static extern int msigetpropertyint hinstall, string szname. The latest version of microsofts installation software is windows installer, which presents a new way of doing things at install time. Get a free 30days trial of the program to evaluate it in your network environment. You must remember that cmdline only stores userdefined command line switches.
Failed to create vbscript error with vbscript rhino developer docs. Jun 30, 2019 as a sccm admin im constantly scripting software installs mostly with the windows installer msi format. Limitations of the free trial version of the program free evaluation of the program during 30 days. This article provides detailed description for creating custom action in visual studio setup and deployment project. A tool to view and extract the contents of an msi file. As a sccm admin im constantly scripting software installs mostly with the windows installer msi format. Install the latest visual basic script engine from microsoft for your windows version. The msigetproperty function gets the value for an installer property. I know there is problem with vb runtime and i can register it with command regsvr32 vbscript. Propertyoriginaldatabase open msi database set installer.
In order to get or set an installer property, you can use the following methods. Now, how to make msi package with prnipaddress parameter and pas. Note that the msigetproperty and msisetproperty properties cannot be used for deferred installscript custom actions, which do not have access to the active. Featurerequeststatefeature2 and i want to rewrite in into dll ca to avoid using vb. Visual studio setup projects and custom actions simple talk. Note that the msigetproperty and msisetproperty properties cannot be used for deferred installscript custom actions, which. In vbscript code, a function can return idabort, with value 3, to exit an installation. There were some behavior changes to msigetproperty awhile back.
Our builtin antivirus checked this download and rated it as virus free. How to access windows installer property in deferred execution. Oct 05, 2014 analysing the file content of windows installer files using powershell posted on 5 october 2014 5 october 2014 author alex verboon 1 comment a few weeks ago we have started with the preparation for introducing microsoft office 20 and internet explorer 11. Scriptbox find your script, vbscript vbscripts vbscript vb.
Dec 15, 2009 have you ever wondered how to access commandline arguments in installscript or installscript msi projects. The windows sdk components for windows installer developers contains vbscript files that show you how the windows installer automation. If you need to change a property like reboot and set it to reallysuppress in an msi package, go ahead reading this post. Then setup a custom action in the commit section to run the script the script expects a customactiondata string with three parts. Aug 10, 2009 demonstration script that uses the filesystemobject to enumerate the properties of a file. Unable to setget installdir property in installscriptmsi.
Install, protect, monetize flexera software community. To run a vbscript during installation, simply create a script, add it to your setup and deployment project and add it as a custom action, as shown in the demo code. Script properties are keyvalue pairs stored by a script in a persistent store. For details, please check the msigetproperty function and msisetproperty function. Updatedatabase msi custom action passion for coding. Windows installer properties can contain useful information about the product, the setup, the operating system, and the user. By calling msigetproperty and msisetproperty, you can directly interact with these properties in your immediate installscript custom action note. Using vbscript to copy files to a folder in a msi setup. Use powershell to retrieve windows installer msi properties. Why do you keep calling me dave needless to say, you cant download this. The second stage or deferred execution mode is when the installation script is being acted upon. If you do not specify an msi, then it looks for an msi in the current directory.
This is a utility with a graphical user interface and a command line interface that can be used to view and extract the contents of an msi file. You may use vbscript microsoft visual basic scripting edition code in mfiles for the following functions. May 15, 2009 i know there is problem with vb runtime and i can register it with command regsvr32 vbscript. I got a lot of this code from another source but, for the life of me, i cant manage to find it. Installer object you can pull values from an msi file which is essentailly a database file using a limited version of sql syntax referred to as wql. Finally check the value of nvbuffersize to see how many bytes are needed.
This article helps you get acquainted with the new installation philosophy, and demonstrates how you can get control to handle custom installation tasks. Get and set a property in windows powershell script custom action. Retrieving properties in deferred installation mode. It is an app that is installed in arcmap, and the reason it didnt work is that arcmap has been installed on d. Analysing the file content of windows installer files. If you do not specify a property, then it will return the productname. One aspect of windows installers behavior that is occasionally surprising to developers is that the values of msi properties set during installation are generally not available.
They can access only the information that has been written into the execution script. If you try it and find that it works on another platform, please add a note to the script discussion to let others know. Vbscript is an active scripting language developed by microsoft that is modeled on visual. Packages generated using the trial version of the program show the trial mark their installation name starts with. The main limitation to be aware of is that vbscript actions with code stored directly in the customaction table cannot return a specific value. Get msi properties on the command line tips bigfix forum. However, it looks like youre not going to do the job you agreed on, so yet again, im forced to write a custom action to bend you to my will. Custom action in visual studio setup projects codeproject. Using vbscript to copy files to a folder in a msi setup project last week i found out that one of our admin apps on the server was not installed currently. Wix, custom actions and msigetproperty a beginning without. Get and set a property in a visual basic and java scripts custom action.
It is an app that is installed in arcmap, and the reason it didnt work is that arcmap has been installed on. Handle to the installation provided to a dll custom action or obtained through msiopenpackage, msiopenpackageex, or msiopenproduct. A custom action that is written in jscript or vbscript requires the. Using vbscript to copy files to a folder in a msi setup project. The script expects a customactiondata string with three parts. Unicode static extern int msigetproperty int hinstall, string szname. After 30 days, they stop working and should be uninstalled. The installation exit code is written to the powershell console. Msigetproperty function windows installer documentation. Types of msi custom actions introduction it is also assumed you are familiar with some of the wizards this white paper describes some of the types of custom actions available with installshield, such as the release wizard supported by windows installer msi. Commit custom actions cannot use the msigetproperty function to obtain the.
Oct 23, 2011 i need to install the latest version of isscript. Scripting windows installer msi how to guide vbscript. Obtaining context information for deferred execution custom. If you do that, you can set the function return value just like you would do with any function. I was in need of creating an installer during one of my demo projects. So i have a project that installs with an msi, and i need to be able to get its install directory later on from somewhere else. How to access commandline arguments in installscript projects. This program is an intellectual property of infopulse ukraine llc. Set windows installer properties reboot property to. When you need to push out nonmsi then you generally need to script a solution or use another product like pdq deploy, appdeploy, sccm, wpkg, or a host of other solutions.