Trying to Assign Simple CA to Button

[Pizzaman]

I have a dialog button and I want to test out a CA script assigned to it.

In my setup.rul, I have the following:

export function NUMBER ServerDialog

function NUMBER ServerDialog( )
begin    
	MessageBox("HELLO", INFORMATION);        
	return 0;		
end;    //function end

Then in the Custom Actions, I created using the Wizard, I did an InstallScript Action with that function ServerDialog. I named it TestAction

I assigned it to my PushButton1 with "Do Action", TestAction, Condition = 1.

When I push the button in the installer, it takes me to the dialog saying that "Install Shield was Interrupted... rerun setup." Something on that line, and I had to push finish. Basically, I don't know what is happening behind the curtains.

-Pizzaman

[RobertDickau]

An InstallScript custom action function wants a particular signature; perhaps try something like:

export prototype ServerDialog(HWND);

function ServerDialog(hInstall)
begin
    MessageBox("Made it.", INFORMATION);
    return ERROR_SUCCESS;
end;

The InstallShield help on "entry-point functions" should have more information.

[Pizzaman]

Thanks! That did the trick. The response is kinda slow though, I'd expect it to be a split second response. Oh well.

-Pizzaman

[Christopher_Pai]

I think you might want to read:

http://blog.deploymentengineering.com/2006/06/installscript-ca-performance-issue.html