WiX - trying to figure out install sequences

Question

I\'m installing a large app, and part of it is a custom written tool called \"DbUpdateManager\" to mass execute SQL scripts against our target database.

Right now, the W

Answer 1

Well, I finally got it working - with a bit of help from everyone who responded, and by consulting some of the WiX tutorials and help pages out there on the web. MSI installer stuff isn't easy to figure out and learn......

Basically, I changed execution of my custom action to "deferred" (as suggested by Rob) and I moved the point in the sequence where it gets executed to "After=InstallFiles". I also changed the condition in the tag to "NOT Installed" which seems to work just fine in my scenario.

Contrary to Rob's fear, the Db Update Manager and its UI come up quite nicely this way, and the process of updating our database is now completed before any of our services (that depend on the database) get started.

Looking forward to a full RTM release of WiX 3.0 (and its future) !

Thanks to everyone - unfortunately, I could only accept one answer - all would have deserved it.

Marc