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[ooooo]

Hi, guys..

Problem description:

There is third-party EXE-module which associated with feature.
The EXE-module has various exit codes and installs the device driver.
The EXE-module must be on source CD.

How to execute the EXE-module during REINSTALL action from source CD?

Note:
I cannot use CA 2,18,50,34 to launch an executable file because
custom actions that are executable files must return a value of 0 for
success.
The installer interprets any other return value as failure.

I need a solution... Please help...
Thanks in advance...

[Ian Blake]

Note:
I cannot use CA 2,18,50,34 to launch an executable file because
custom actions that are executable files must return a value of 0 for
success.
The installer interprets any other return value as failure.

Adding 64 or 192 to the CA code instructs the installer to ignore the return code.

See Documentation
Windows Installer
--Custom Actions
----Custom Action Reference
------Custom Action Return Processing Options

[ooooo]

I'm sorry.. I have overworked... ;-)

I have forgotten to tell that I need to check exit codes.
Certainly it is possible to ask each time the user a path to EXE-module, but
in my opinion it is the ugly solution.