This custom action displays a specified error message, returns failure, and then terminates the installation. The error message displayed can be supplied as a string or as an index into the Error table.

Source

Leave the Source column of the CustomAction table blank.

Type Value

Include the following value in the Type column of the CustomAction table to specify the basic numeric type.

Target

The Target column of the CustomAction table contains a text string formatted using the functionality specified in MsiFormatRecord (without the numeric field specifiers). Parameters to be replaced are enclosed in square brackets, […], and may be properties, environment variables (% prefix), file paths (# prefix), or component directory paths ($ prefix). If after formatting the string evaluates to an integer, that integer is used as an index into the Error table to retrieve the message to display. If after formatting the string contains non-numeric characters, the string itself is displayed as the message.

Return Processing Options

The custom action does not use any options.

Execution Scheduling Options

The custom action does not use any options.

In-Script Execution Options

The custom action does not use any options.

Return Values

See Custom Action Return Values.

Remarks

For example, the custom actions CAError1, CAError2, CAError3, and CAError4 return these messages.

CustomAction Table

Property Table

Error Table

These custom actions return the following error messages:

Note that because the order of evaluation of launch conditions cannot be guaranteed by authoring the LaunchCondition table, you should use Custom Action Type 19 custom actions in your installation to evaluate conditions in a specific order.

See Also

Custom_Actions

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