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[AntonS]

Please eliminate for me a purpose of Custom Action Type 135, 151, 183 and others named "Launch a second .msi package".

I receive this numbers with "Calculating the Custom Action Type" utility, provided in InstallShield X Professional documentation.

Furthermore, I can't find description for this numbers of Custom Action in Microsoft documentation. Numbers I find in docs: 7, 23, 39 – named “Nested Custom Actions”.

But it possible to add this type of action with Custom Action Wizard in InstallShield X IDE.

How it can be explained?

Perhaps, Custom Action Type utility misprints?

[Stefan Krueger]

The customa ction type number is a combination of base type and several optional flag (scheduling, return processing etc) that add up to these numbers.

[AntonS]

Thank you.

Do you see a enumeration of optional flags somewhere in docs?

I find only Custom Action Execution Scheduling Options in Platform SDK:

msidbCustomActionTypeFirstSequence 256
msidbCustomActionTypeOncePerProcess 512
msidbCustomActionTypeClientRepeat 768

[Stefan Krueger]

You should also check the "Custom Action Return Processing Options"