MSI installer pre and post actions

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MSI installer pre and post actions

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PowerShell Studio 2015
Version 4.2.95

My workstation operating system is 64 bit.

I'm working with the MSI installer in Powershell studio 2015. When the installer executes on a target machine, I want to be able to run pre and post actions.

For example if certain pre-reqs aren't met, I want the MSI installer to send a message and exit. Does the MSI wizard have a way to support actions like this?
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MSI installer pre and post actions

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Re: MSI installer pre and post actions

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It is on our list of things to do. Can I ask what type of custom actions you are looking to run?
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Re: MSI installer pre and post actions

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Sure. In my case for the pre-action I would like to verify if certain powershell modules are already installed.

For my post action sequence I would like to install a Windows server feature.

Now of course I can run these actions the first time my installed program launches. But that could take additional time. Also in some cases specific Windows server features require a reboot. I would rather that occur in the MSI install phase verses the first time my program is running.

Thanks!
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Re: MSI installer pre and post actions

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So that sounds like you need to run PowerShell scripts pre and post install. I am asking because WiX does support VBScript/JScript natively but we assumed that this would be a little outdated at this point.
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