PackageBoot.xml and PostExecution files

ak00

Ran into an issue and Tech Support suggested that I post it here:

I started with a brand new package that consists of an .msi file, an .mst file, 2 other custom files (a .jpg and an .xml file), and a custom .cmd file.

The entire package of files uploads just fine and winds up intact on the client end.

FYI - each PatchManager package is delivered to the following directory on the client:  %windir%\softwaredistribution\download\install

In the packageboot.xml file I have the following entry right underneath the </execution> line:

    <postexecution>

      <programs>

        <program type="exe" operation="runandwait" name="DoThis.cmd" successcode="0" failureaction="stop" enabled="true">

        </program>

      </programs>

      <services>

      </services>

    </postexecution>

  </instructions>

</packageboot>

That dothis.cmd file does not run, nor is it in that diagnostic txt file that is created in the %windir%\softwaredistribution\download\install folder.

I have confirmed that if I take the contents of that folder and copy them out, open an admin command prompt, and manually run the msiexec /i program.msi /qn followed by that dothis.cmd file the end result is what I want.

(the custom.cmd file deletes the desktop shortcuts and overwrites 2 files in the %ProgramFiles(x86)%\DoThisProgram directory)

Is my syntax incorrect or something else amiss?

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

ak00

Ahh - I see it now.  The default packageboot.xml file has that 'operation="runandwait" ' line and that's what I was using as the base. 

Here is the line verbatim that did the trick:

<program type="exe" typeaction="runandwait" name="DoThis.cmd" successcode="0" failureaction="stop" enabled="true"> </program>

Thanks for the help!