Custom Actions - A Developer's Perspective

In this webinar, we'll cover a classic but crucial Windows Installer topic - Custom Actions and its key features when building an MSI.

0:00 - Webinar Introduction

2:27 - Webinar Agenda

2:37 Installation Script

34:01 Script Vs. DLL

51:17 Scheduled & Unscheduled

Resources:

Enterprise deployment best practices document
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Enterprise Packaging Recommendations for developers
https://www.advancedinstaller.com/sof...
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Q&A Session:

1:03:44 What are the advantages of using a dll compared to Inline Powershell? When should one be used over the other?

1:06:30 What is this Orca application?

1:08:21 How can DLLs affect computers under an Active Directory?

1:10:28 What is Searches custom action for?

1:11:23 When a custom action DLL edits an XML file successfully and completes the install, but the system reports a corrupt install package when attempting to uninstall, what could be the issue?

1:12:58 I want to package my project together with another 3rd-party installer with Advanced Installer. I want the 3rd-party installer to execute before with some arguments passed to this installed. How to do this?

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