Customized Logs for msi

For writing customized Logging in default msi logs.

You can implement this using either a vb script or an installscript.

Below is a sample log which I created in between creating IIS WEBSITE and APP using APPCMD.

MSI (s) (A0:98) [11:02:47:417]: Hello, I'm your 32bit Impersonated custom action server.

Action start 11:02:47: callthis.

Custom Log: 7/11/2014 11:02:47 AM : Creating Site TestThisSite...

Custom Log: 7/11/2014 11:02:51 AM : Creating App WebUI under Site TestThisSite...

MSI (s) (A0:6C) [11:02:51:472]: Doing action: FindRelatedProducts

Action ended 11:02:51: callthis. Return value 0.

All you want to do is to include the below Function in your code.

InfoMessage “Here is my log”

Sub InfoMessage (MsgText)

            Const msiMessageTypeInfo = &H04000000

            Set oRec = session.Installer.createRecord(1)

            oRec.StringData(0) = "Custom Log: " & Now() & " : [1]"

            oRec.StringData(1) = MsgText

            Session.Message msiMessageTypeInfo, oRec

            Set oRec = Nothing

End Sub

Passing Product Name as Parameter - InstallShield Basic MSI

Here is the step by step instruction for passing a product name from outside, i.e, command line. Since Product Name is a Private Property, we cannot pass this as a parameter from outside.

1.       Go to Property Manager, select ProductName Property and make Product Name property localizable by Clicking   [abc] symbol

2.       Create a new Public Property for assigning custom value.

  

3.       Create a Set Property Custom Action and Provide Proprty Name as  ProductName and Property Value as [MYPRODNAME]

  

4.       Build your msi.

5.       Install MSI by passing your custom Prod Name into the Public Property.

Passing parameter to command line option of setup.exe - using VB Script

1.       Installation of setup.exe in silent mode by passing arguments.

How to Run setup.exe in silent>

            strEXE = here & "\setup.exe"

commandline=""& strEXE &" /s “

retVal=wsh.Run(commandline, 1, true )

                How to pass parameters in silent mode installation

                        here = fso.GetParentFolderName(Wscript.ScriptFullName)

wsh.CurrentDirectory = here

INSTALLDIR="\"& chr(34) &"C:\TEST Folder\My Dest\"& chr(34)

REPLACETHIS="\"& chr(34) &"APPNAME_2013_V3\"& chr(34)

REPLACE2="\"& chr(34) &"APPNAME\"& chr(34)

REPLACEDESCR="\"& chr(34) &"Information\"& chr(34)

LogFile ="C:\Test\My Logs\MyTest EXE.log"

strParams = "INSTALLDIR=" & INSTALLDIR & _

                " REPLACETHIS=" & REPLACETHIS &  _

                " REPLACE2=" & REPLACE2 & _

                " REPLACEDESCR=" &REPLACEDESCR& _

                ""

strEXE = here & "\setup.exe"

commandline=""& strEXE &" /s /v""/qb /L*v \"""& LogFile &"\"" " & strParams & "" & chr(34)

retVal=wsh.Run(commandline, 1, true )

msgbox(retVal)