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‎Mar 17, 2009
04:34 AM
Debug managed custom action
I use IS2009 Premier and run a managed custom action from the sample. It works properly, but I faced with a strange problem - I'm unabled to debug it.
I run setup with paramater -deleter -d, attach process while CA messagebox is showing - all in vain 😞
I tried to debug unmanaged CA (standard C++ library) - attach to process and it works - I stop at my breakpoint!
So I can't debug only managed CA.
Now I dont know what else i can do.
What am I wrong?
What should I do to make it works?
Is there a way to debug managed custom action?
I run setup with paramater -deleter -d, attach process while CA messagebox is showing - all in vain 😞
I tried to debug unmanaged CA (standard C++ library) - attach to process and it works - I stop at my breakpoint!
So I can't debug only managed CA.
Now I dont know what else i can do.
What am I wrong?
What should I do to make it works?
Is there a way to debug managed custom action?
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‎Mar 18, 2009
08:29 PM
I am having the same problem debugging C# custom action (immediate mode).
Please help.
Please help.
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‎Mar 19, 2009
04:11 AM
I found an interesting words in the discussion of competition product (DTF for WiX) - "InstallShield also has support for managed Custom Actions in their 2009 version, but they have a different solution where debugging is not possible.".
Link for the article http://www.infoq.com/news/2009/02/WiX30.
Later I read the same thing in the other articles about DTF.
So my conclusion is there is no way to debug managed custom action in IS.
I started to use DTF and now I'm satisfied.
Link for the article http://www.infoq.com/news/2009/02/WiX30.
Later I read the same thing in the other articles about DTF.
So my conclusion is there is no way to debug managed custom action in IS.
I started to use DTF and now I'm satisfied.
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