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Hi all wix users and experts,

I want to build a Wix installer whicwhich will detect a few programs of mine and update them.

Meaning, I have a c# code (using another DLL) of mine to check a few thingthings on the system, then I want to to download a table of mythe most updaterecent version of all the apps, decide which app I need to update -, and Downloadthen download & Installupdate the newselected ones.

So my question are:is, can Wix preform these fllowingthe following actions:

1) run another dll call using c#?

2) download a file from the web and parse it (let's say - also using c#)?

3) can the installer go to a link and download an MSI\EXE  ?

4) will it be able to install itthe MSI\EXE (let's say run it on silent mode)?

5) can I uninstall old other apps (mine) from system  ?

This is challenging tasks... Does someone had an experience doing one or allof these tasks in a Wix project?

Thanks!!

Aviad.

Hi all wix users and experts,

I want to build a Wix installer whic will detect few programs of mine and update them.

Meaning, I have a c# code (using another DLL) of mine to check few thing on system, then I want to to download a table of my most update version of all apps, decide which app I need to update - and Download & Install the new ones.

So my question are: can Wix preform these fllowing actions:

1) run another dll call using c#?

2) download a file from web and parse it (let's say - also using c#)?

3) can the installer go to a link and download an MSI\EXE  ?

4) will it be able to install it (let's say run it on silent mode)?

5) can I uninstall old other apps (mine) from system  ?

This is challenging tasks... Does someone had an experience doing one or allof these tasks in a Wix project?

Thanks!!

Aviad.

I want to build a Wix installer which will detect a few programs of mine and update them.

I have c# code (using another DLL) to check a few things on the system, then I want to download a table of the most recent version of all the apps, decide which app I need to update, and then download & update the selected ones.

So my question is, can Wix preform the following actions:

1) run another dll call using c#?

2) download a file from the web and parse it (let's say - also using c#)?

3) go to a link and download an MSI\EXE?

4) install the MSI\EXE (let's say run it on silent mode)?

5) uninstall old other apps from system?

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Wix: How far can I go with custom action?

Hi all wix users and experts,

I want to build a Wix installer whic will detect few programs of mine and update them.

Meaning, I have a c# code (using another DLL) of mine to check few thing on system, then I want to to download a table of my most update version of all apps, decide which app I need to update - and Download & Install the new ones.

So my question are: can Wix preform these fllowing actions:

1) run another dll call using c#?

2) download a file from web and parse it (let's say - also using c#)?

3) can the installer go to a link and download an MSI\EXE ?

4) will it be able to install it (let's say run it on silent mode)?

5) can I uninstall old other apps (mine) from system ?

This is challenging tasks... Does someone had an experience doing one or allof these tasks in a Wix project?

Thanks!!

Aviad.