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I’m writing an MSI installer using Visual Studio 2010 and I was wondering if such is possible?
Run a custom script — I basically need to run an exe process and wait for it to finish running — BEFORE files are copied into the destination folder during installation.
Run a custom script — again I need to run an exe process and wait for it to finish running — BEFORE target files are uninstalled.
PS. I’m using C# for development.
To have a custom action executed before the files are installed/uninstall you need to schedule it in the beginning of the InstallExecuteSequence, under “LanchConditions” standard action for example.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa372038(v=vs.85).aspx
However, from what I know in VS you cannot show this standard action, so I don’t see a way to add the custom action after it.
The “Install” step from VS is corespondent to “InstallFiles” standard action from what I know.