VS2015Setup CustomAction not running

Question

I have a separate MSI to run devenv /setup as part of my installation bundle, however this package always fails.

The WXS looks like this, am I missing something:

<Product Id="*" Name="$(var.Prep_ProductName)" Language="1033" Version="$(var.ProductVersion)" Manufacturer="$(var.Manufacturer)" UpgradeCode="fdd723a3-5072-437b-a0c4-88cca6173fc7">
    <Package InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes" InstallScope="perMachine" />

    <MajorUpgrade AllowDowngrades="yes" />

    <PropertyRef Id="VS2015DEVENV" />
    <CustomActionRef Id="VS2015Setup" />
    <UIRef Id="WixUI_ErrorProgressText" />

    <InstallExecuteSequence>
      <Custom Action="VS2015Setup" Before="InstallFinalize">
        <![CDATA[VS2015DEVENV]]>
      </Custom>
    </InstallExecuteSequence>

Also, please provide a logfile of your installation: "zzz.msi /lvoicewarmupx debug.log" — Starceaker, Dec 29 '15 at 10:25

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 31 '15 at 01:03

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The problem here is that the bundle didn't have a componenttable, which caused a catastrophic failure in the installer. This was never going to work.

answered Dec 31 '15 at 01:03

Paul van Brenk

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 29 '15 at 18:21

This is most likely failing because you cannot run recursive MSI installs. You can't have a custom action in your MSI's execute sequence that installs another MSI-based setup. That is why (for example) there are prerequisite setup.exe programs that install requirements. In this case you should do a WiX bundle and install them separately.

VS2015Setup CustomAction not running

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