launch conditions
Hello,
I have a request to have an MSI exit without error if certain launch conditions are not met. I am told that the reason for this is that it will hang machines when deployed by GPO (per machine install) This has not been fully tested.
The qn switch will not work for this deployment.
Is there a way to have the MSI install fail and quietly exit?
Do I have to create a custom action? Any leads on a custom action for such a thing?
Help!
tia
Stuntman
I have a request to have an MSI exit without error if certain launch conditions are not met. I am told that the reason for this is that it will hang machines when deployed by GPO (per machine install) This has not been fully tested.
The qn switch will not work for this deployment.
Is there a way to have the MSI install fail and quietly exit?
Do I have to create a custom action? Any leads on a custom action for such a thing?
Help!
tia
Stuntman
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Posted by:
aogilmor
16 years ago
stuntman, if you have /qn it will silently fail. If it is done with UI it'll pop a message when you terminate. I don't think you can have something in full UI that'll fail silently. Is that what you're asking?
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Stuntman
16 years ago
Yes, I want the MSI to fail silently with the /qr switch (reduced UI).
Even if msiexec.exe is not specifically designed to fail installs silently; I suspect that there is a creative way to do this through a CustomAction.
Stuntman
Even if msiexec.exe is not specifically designed to fail installs silently; I suspect that there is a creative way to do this through a CustomAction.
Stuntman
Posted by:
nheim
16 years ago
Hi Stuntman,
a machine GPO install does silently fail, if it is authored well. However, you will of course get entries to the event log and the MSI log file (if turned on).
And you really should log the failing install (the log goes to the 'windows\temp' directory.
Things like this are often caused by poorly designed custom actions or missing rollback CA's.
Please log the beast, search for the breaking sequence and post the lines above it here on the board.
Regards, Nick
a machine GPO install does silently fail, if it is authored well. However, you will of course get entries to the event log and the MSI log file (if turned on).
And you really should log the failing install (the log goes to the 'windows\temp' directory.
Things like this are often caused by poorly designed custom actions or missing rollback CA's.
Please log the beast, search for the breaking sequence and post the lines above it here on the board.
Regards, Nick
Posted by:
Stuntman
16 years ago
thanks guys. The package was Crystal Reports XI. The package is still not perfect but it it useable for basic deployment. I'm working on it.
stuntman
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