

THe guy told me that was open source, and they were pushing it forward. They are supporting Wix, which does let you create msi's.

Apparently providing support for msi's is not one of theirĬore goals.

Microsoft has decided that they will no longer provide software themselves for creating msi's, and they decided to bring in a 3rd party to do it for them (not unlike the inclusion of Dotfuscator). You think Microsoft included InstallShield as an inducement to buy Microsoft's software, or as an inducement to buy InstallShield? It certainly wasn't the first reason. I was repeating something that someone else said in this forum I probably should have put an emoticon next to it, but it's still the truth. So It would be cool if I could run this first and then install my. So I can't do that if the log does not exist. As if something goes wrong in my cmd line program I write a message in the event log. Since of security reasons I need to run this in admin mode first before they can use my cmd line program. Private const string EVENT_LOG = "NotifierLog" ĮventLogInstaller log = new EventLogInstaller() Private const string EVENT_SOURCE = "Notifier" As a result, the code in the dll will be executed before install. I do not know how to add a custom action in InstallShield, but I know how to add a custom action If you men running the dll at first and then install the exe, you might need to add custom actions. If you they will only be copiedĭuring installation, the instal sequence is not important. dll first then install my exe(cmd line application).". dll it has an EventLogger installer so I am unsure how to set it up to run. Anyway, I will still try my best to provide you good suggestions. InstallShield is not beyond the scope of this forum and there is no forum in MSDN related to it as far as I know. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread. Subscriber Support in Forum If you have any feedback on our support, please mark the replies as answers if they help and unmark if they don't. I do not know how to add a custom action in InstallShield, but I know how to add a custom action to a msi package with If you they will only be copied during installation,

In your descriptions, you want to add lots of dll and exe componets together in a project. InstallShield is beyond the scope of this forum and there is no forum in MSDN related to it as far as I know.
