6 replies to this topic

[gez]

I would like to hide the Dos boxes that appear when running cusom actions.
I am using cscript and cmd/c.

Thanks
Gez

[rmadassery77]

Give /s argument for the custom script i.e. cmd /s
(or) search and download a copy of runh.exe, a 3rd party exe which runs cmd in hidden mode

[gez]

cmd /s ?

I am not sure if there is a /s.

Sorry but I cannot get this to work.

Gez

[rmadassery77]

sorry for that gez. could you download a copy of runh.exe from http://thethin.net/runh.zip and serve your purpose....

[mandy]

Why don't you use a VBScript?

Dim oWsh

Set oWsh = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")

oWsh.Run strCmdFile, 0, False

Set oWsh = Nothing

[JvdP]

How do I use an executable that is only available during Setup/Re-install/Remove time, using the VBScript way? I stick to vbscript, because I'm trying to make this work in an Merge Module.

One way I could think of, is to install the file as any other file that is being installed and delete it just before or after InstallFinalize. Any recommedations?

Thanks in advance,

Jan

[Zweitze]

The way I do this:

Put the dll or exe in the Binary table. In your CA, extract the dll/exe from the binary table, to a temp folder. When your CA is done, delete the dll/exe.

Note that special CAs exist to run an executable stored in the Binary table (CA 2).
Sample code to extract a file from the Binary table is on this site - use the classical version.