Hello, I'm trying to add logging to my managed (C#) custom actions. The log reports that the custom action is called. But nothing is logged from inside the managed code. I created a small function to illustrate... public void TestLogging(int handle, string msg) { using (Msi.Install install = Msi.CustomActionHandle(handle)) { Msi.Record record = new Msi.Record(1); //record.SetString(0, msg); record.SetString(0, "Hello World...!");; install.ProcessMessage(Msi.InstallMessage.Info, record); } } A snippet from the log is shown below. MSI (c) (98:B0) [14:26:38:656]: Doing action: TestLogging Action 14:26:38: TestLogging. Action start 14:26:38: TestLogging. MSI (c) (98:1C) [14:26:38:665]: Invoking remote custom action. DLL: C:\Users\JASON~1.HAU\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIC2E4.tmp, Entrypoint: m2 Action ended 14:26:39: TestLogging. Return value 1. Any ideas why my message does not appear? ... View more

Hello, I'm trying to find out how I can populate a ListBox using the results from a managed custom action (C#). I have found OpenView & OpenExecute, but I'm having problems with the SQL syntax. Below is a brief code snippet.... string[] aStr = svrs.Split(','); string sql = "DELETE FROM ListBox WHERE Property = 'GENERIC_LIST_ITEM'"; install.ActiveDatabase.OpenExecute(sql); int idx = 0; foreach (string s in aStr) { idx++; sql = "INSERT ListBox (Property, Order, Value, Text) VALUES ('GENERIC_LIST_ITEM', idx, s, s)"; install.ActiveDatabase.OpenExecute(sql); } Looking at the MSI log I think the custom action aborts part way through, but I only know this as earlier logs (before using OpenExecute) have information in them that is now missing. ... View more