How to wait for a msi execution

[sorin]

Hi,

I created an autoupdater for my app. In this auto updater I want to launch mysetup.msi (created with installaware) and to wait until it finish.
I tried many commands like:
msiexec.exe /i mysetup.msi /qb
start /wait msiexec.exe /i mysetup.msi /qb
start ”” /wait msiexec.exe /i mysetup.msi /qb
start ”” /w msiexec.exe /i mysetup.msi /qb

every time the mysetup.msi is started and my command go to next step - and NO WAIT for the setup to finish its work.
if I use another (not an installaware) setup the previous commands (like start /wait ...) work ok.
This behavoir is like when a program (mysetup.msi) launch another program and finish its executions right away.
I tested those commands on cmd window. In my (Delphy) app I can't launch the "start ..." command (using createprocesss with WaitForSingleObject infinite) but I can launch "msiexec.exe /i mysetup.msi /qb", obviously without effect.

Can you help my with this issue ?

[FrancescoT]

Dear Sorin,

unfortunately what your reported is a know issue and currently, it doesn't exist a possible workaround to use in this case.

The only possible alternative is to call an EXE version of your package from the updater.

Regards

[sorin]

Hi,

Thank you for your message.

Regards,
Sorin

[FabSter]

Hello,

Using a tool to deploy client installation to a large number or workstation is very typical. The deployment tools can only tell by the exit code if there were successful or not, since the MSI always completes with a success code immediately this causes two problems (1) the deployment to may terminate the session before the MSI is completed and (2) it always thinks the installation is successful and confusing the client thinking the installation should be working correctly. Is there a patch expected for this issue?

[FrancescoT]

Dear FabSter,

as I said previously; currently, it doesn't exist a possible workaround to use in this case and not a fix expected.

Anyway, you may also consider IA Direct Deploy as possible alternative to distribute installers across via Active Directory network.

"Direct Deploy complements Microsoft's Group Policy deployment mechanism for MSI files, providing rapid deployment for any EXE installer across an Active Directory network; together with the capability to obtain statistics on installed product versions and repair/uninstall them."

For more details, please refer to "Direct Deploy" with InstallAware documentation.

Regards