Getting the msiexec return code

SB17 · 7th September 2009, 11:06

Hello everyone!

I have built an installer(using NSIS) which has couple of MSIs embedded inside it. I execute these constituent MSIs by invoking "msiexec" thru ExecWait.
(For example --> ExecWait 'msiexec.exe /qn /i embedded.msi TARGETDIR="$INSTDIR"' $0)

Can anyone tell me a way to get the error code for the above msiexec call in my nsi script?

Neither the System::Call "Kernel32::GetLastError() nor the ExecWait return value seems to do the trick!!!

Any help will be appreciated!

Thanks,
SB

kichik · 7th September 2009, 11:59

The return value of msiexec.exe is in $0.

GetLastError() is only for the current process, so it won't help you anyway.

SB17 · 8th September 2009, 04:51

Thanks kichik, but that doesnt seem to work for me. I always seem to get "0" in $0 as the return value (even when msiexec.exe fails to install the msi as a result of some error thrown by the msi).

Thanks,
SB.

7th September 2009, 11:06	#1
SB17 Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 8	Getting the msiexec return code Hello everyone! I have built an installer(using NSIS) which has couple of MSIs embedded inside it. I execute these constituent MSIs by invoking "msiexec" thru ExecWait. (For example --> ExecWait 'msiexec.exe /qn /i embedded.msi TARGETDIR="$INSTDIR"' $0) Can anyone tell me a way to get the error code for the above msiexec call in my nsi script? Neither the System::Call "Kernel32::GetLastError() nor the ExecWait return value seems to do the trick!!! Any help will be appreciated! Thanks, SB

7th September 2009, 11:59	#2
kichik M.I.A. [NSIS Dev, Mod] Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Israel Posts: 11,336	The return value of msiexec.exe is in $0. GetLastError() is only for the current process, so it won't help you anyway. NSIS FAQ \| NSIS Home Page \| Donate $ "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand." -- Confucius

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8th September 2009, 04:51	#3
SB17 Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 8	Thanks kichik, but that doesnt seem to work for me. I always seem to get "0" in $0 as the return value (even when msiexec.exe fails to install the msi as a result of some error thrown by the msi). Thanks, SB.