how to pass command line properties to setup.exe - msbuild

Question

I want to pass parameters to msi when calling setup.exe as following :
setup.exe /l* log.txt EXEPATH="C:\Program Files (x86)\MySetup\MyApplication.exe"
I have the following msbuild file :
<Project ToolsVersion="4.0"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<PropertyGroup>
<exeD Condition="'$(EXEPATH)'!=''">$(EXEPATH.substring(0,$([MSBuild]::Add($(EXEPATH.lastIndexOf("\")),1))))</exeD>
<exeFile Condition="'$(EXEPATH)'!=''">$(EXEPATH.substring($([MSBuild]::Add($(EXEPATH.lastIndexOf("\")),1))))</exeFile>
</PropertyGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<BootstrapperFile Include="Microsoft.Windows.Installer.4.5" >
<ProductName>Windows Installer 4.5</ProductName>
</BootstrapperFile>
</ItemGroup>
<Target Name="Bootstrapper">
<Message Text="$(exeD)"/>
<Message Text="$(exeFile)"/>
<Message Text="$(EXEPATH)"/>
<Exec Command="msiexec /i MySetup.msi /L log2.txt EXEDIR="$(exeD)" EXEFILENAME="$(exeFile)"" Condition="'$(EXEPATH)'!=''" />
</Target>
</Project>
As you can see I calculate two variables exeFile and exeD which I'll use in the Exec command which are supposed to be passed then to MSI file which wix file is :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi">
<Product Id="*" Name="MySetup" Language="1033" Version="1.0.0.0" Manufacturer="Sofiane" UpgradeCode="c151e7ab-b83a-445f-93b2-2ab7122ea34b">
<Package InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes" InstallScope="perMachine" />
<MajorUpgrade DowngradeErrorMessage="A newer version of [ProductName] is already installed." />
<MediaTemplate />
<Property Id="EXEDIR" Secure="yes" Value="{}"/>
<Property Id="EXEFILENAME" Secure="yes" Value="{}"/>
<Feature Id="ProductFeature" Title="MySetup" Level="1">
<ComponentGroupRef Id="ProductComponents" />
</Feature>
<Binary Id="InstallTools" SourceFile="$(var.SolutionDir)InstallTools\bin\$(var.Configuration)\InstallTools.dll"/>
<Binary Id="NotepadPlus" SourceFile="C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe"/>
<!--<CustomAction Id="OpenExe" BinaryKey="InstallTools" DllEntry="OpenExeUrl" Execute="immediate" Impersonate="yes" Return="check" />-->
<CustomAction Id="OpenExe" Return="ignore" Directory="exeDirectory" ExeCommand=""[EXEDIR]\[EXEFILENAME]"" Impersonate="yes" Execute="deferred"/>
<InstallExecuteSequence>
<Custom Action="OpenExe" Before='InstallFinalize'/>
</InstallExecuteSequence>
</Product>
<Fragment>
<Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
<Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder">
<Directory Id="INSTALLFOLDER" Name="MySetup" />
</Directory>
<Directory Id="exeDirectory" FileSource="#(EXEDIR)" />
</Directory>
</Fragment>
<Fragment>
<DirectoryRef Id="INSTALLFOLDER">
<Component Id="myAppFile">
<File Source="$(var.MyApplication.TargetPath)" />
</Component>
</DirectoryRef>
<ComponentGroup Id="ProductComponents" Directory="INSTALLFOLDER">
<!-- TODO: Remove the comments around this Component element and the ComponentRef below in order to add resources to this installer. -->
<!-- <Component Id="ProductComponent"> -->
<ComponentRef Id="myAppFile" />
<!-- </Component> -->
</ComponentGroup>
</Fragment>
</Wix>
What is strange is that when I test using, it works fine and the exe file is opened.
MSBuild.exe bootstrapper.msbuild /p:EXEPATH="C:\Program Files (x86)\MySetup\MyApplication.exe"
The issue is that when I launch the setup.exe with the following command
setup.exe /l* log.txt EXEPATH="C:\Program Files (x86)\MySetup\MyApplication.exe"
The EXEPATH parameter seems not be used or I don't know why ?
Any advice please ?

Answer 1

I resolve this issue by passing EXEPATH to MSI file and a custom action who will calculate EXEDIR and EXEFILENAME.
Here is the custom action :
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller;
using System.Diagnostics;
namespace InstallTools
{
public class CustomActions
{
[CustomAction]
public static ActionResult OpenExeUrl(Session session)
{
try
{
session.Log("Inside custom action");
var expath = session["EXEPATH"];
session.Log("EXEPATH ==> " + expath);
var exedir =expath.Substring(0, expath.LastIndexOf("\\")+1);
session.Log("exedir ==> " + exedir);
session["EXEDIR"] = exedir;
var exefile = expath.Substring(expath.LastIndexOf("\\")+1);
session.Log("exefile ==> " + exefile);
session["EXEFILENAME"] = exefile;
}
catch (Exception e)
{
var errorMessage = "Cannot open exe file ! Error message: " + e.Message;
session.Log(errorMessage);
}
return ActionResult.Success;
}
}
}
The Wix file :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi">
<Product Id="*" Name="MySetup" Language="1033" Version="1.0.0.0" Manufacturer="Sofiane" UpgradeCode="c151e7ab-b83a-445f-93b2-2ab7122ea34b">
<Package InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes" InstallScope="perMachine" />
<MajorUpgrade DowngradeErrorMessage="A newer version of [ProductName] is already installed." />
<MediaTemplate />
<Property Id="EXEPATH" Secure="yes"/>
<Feature Id="ProductFeature" Title="MySetup" Level="1">
<ComponentGroupRef Id="ProductComponents" />
</Feature>
<Binary Id="InstallTools" SourceFile="$(var.SolutionDir)InstallTools\bin\$(var.Configuration)\InstallTools.CA.dll"/>
<CustomAction Id="SetupProps" BinaryKey="InstallTools" DllEntry="OpenExeUrl" Execute="immediate" Impersonate="yes" Return="check" />
<CustomAction Id="OpenExe" Return="ignore" Directory="exeDirectory" ExeCommand=""[EXEDIR]\[EXEFILENAME]"" Impersonate="yes" Execute="deferred" />
<InstallExecuteSequence>
<Custom Action="SetupProps" Before="OpenExe"/>
<Custom Action="OpenExe" Before="InstallFinalize"/>
</InstallExecuteSequence>
</Product>
<Fragment>
<Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
<Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder">
<Directory Id="INSTALLFOLDER" Name="MySetup" />
</Directory>
<Directory Id="exeDirectory" FileSource="#(EXEDIR)" />
</Directory>
</Fragment>
<Fragment>
<DirectoryRef Id="INSTALLFOLDER">
<Component Id="myAppFile">
<File Source="$(var.MyApplication.TargetPath)" />
</Component>
</DirectoryRef>
<ComponentGroup Id="ProductComponents" Directory="INSTALLFOLDER">
<ComponentRef Id="myAppFile" />
</ComponentGroup>
</Fragment>
</Wix>
and the msbuild script :
<Project ToolsVersion="4.0"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<ItemGroup>
<BootstrapperFile Include="Microsoft.Windows.Installer.4.5" >
<ProductName>Windows Installer 4.5</ProductName>
</BootstrapperFile>
</ItemGroup>
<Target Name="Bootstrapper">
<Message Text="EXEPATH = $(EXEPATH)"/>
<Exec Command="msiexec /i MySetup.msi /L log2.txt" Condition="'$(EXEPATH)'!=''" />
</Target>
</Project>