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Michael Tissington

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May 13, 2003, 7:03:15 PM5/13/03
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I have created a custom action to run mdac_typ.exe

The Custom Action type is 3074 however when I try to run the install I get
an Internal Error 2723 (invalid type)

Any ideas please?

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Michael Tissington
Oaklodge Technologies
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Bradley Jiang

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May 14, 2003, 3:18:37 AM5/14/03
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Hi,

Type 3074 is "deferred custom action"+"Executable from installation".
Please make sure the CA is within InstallExecuteSequence, but not
InstallUISequence.

By the way, why not also use "asynchronise execution plus No wait for
completion" of the CA? Just add 192 to the type. So the installation can
complete before MDAC installation. Just for your reference.

Best regards,
Bradley Jiang

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Michael Tissington

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May 14, 2003, 11:23:21 AM5/14/03
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Well its in the InstallExecuteSequence table and not the UI table but it
still seems to be getting processed when its generating the script ...

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Michael Tissington
Oaklodge Technologies
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Adam Semel

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May 14, 2003, 1:23:01 PM5/14/03
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Hey Michael,

There are other issue with installng MDAC from within an MSI package.
MDAC is going to call it's own reboot, which is not an MSI reboot, so when
you return from the MDAC reboot the MSI installation will rollback. It is
better to call the MDAC install from a bootstrapper, and we have a
knowledge base article on how to do this, that may save you much grief
later on. Take a look at Q257604 FILE: Install DCOM and MDAC Through a
Windows Installer Package
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=257604.

Adam Semel
Windows Installer Team
Microsoft Developer Support

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