Wix: can't handle "Launch an application after install" checkbox = 0

Question

Hello,

I'm making an installation with WiX that have "Launch an application after install" checkbox. The goal is to have reaction on set checkbox as well as on unset checkbox. I case checkbox is set I need to run an application. In case checkbox is not set I need to run the same application but with command line argument.

Here is a part of my wix script.

<CustomAction Id="StartConfigManagerOnExit" FileKey="ParamsShower.exe" ExeCommand="" Execute="immediate" Impersonate="yes" Return="asyncNoWait" />
<CustomAction Id="StartUpgradeConfigOnExit" FileKey="ParamsShower.exe" ExeCommand="/upgrade" Execute="immediate" Impersonate="yes" Return="asyncNoWait" />
<UI>
  <Publish Dialog="ExitDialogEx" Control="Finish" Order="1" Event="DoAction" Value="StartConfigManagerOnExit">LAUNCHAPPONEXIT = 1</Publish>
  <Publish Dialog="ExitDialogEx" Control="Finish" Order="1" Event="DoAction" Value="StartUpgradeConfigOnExit">LAUNCHAPPONEXIT = 0</Publish>

  <Publish Dialog="ExitDialogEx" Control="Finish" Event="EndDialog" Value="Return" Order="999">1</Publish>

 <Dialog Id="ExitDialogEx" Width="370" Height="270" Title="[ProductName] Setup">
     <Control Id="LaunchCheckBox" Type="CheckBox" X="135" Y="190" Width="220" Height="40" Property="LAUNCHAPPONEXIT" Hidden="yes" CheckBoxValue="1" Text="Launch an app">
        <Condition Action="show">NOT Installed</Condition>
     </Control>
 </Dialog>
 <InstallUISequence>
     <Show Dialog="ExitDialogEx" OnExit="success" />
 </InstallUISequence>
 <AdminUISequence>
     <Show Dialog="ExitDialogEx" OnExit="success" />
 </AdminUISequence> 
</UI>

An installation starts the application when LaunchCheckBox is set. But doesn't run it in case checkbox is not set. Please help.

Answer 1

you need to add initialize custom action for your property <CustomAction ID="InitLAUNCHAPPONEXIT" Property="LAUNCHAPPONEXIT" Value="0" Return="check"/> and than add it to InstallUISequence before show exit dialog, or simply add your property to product <Property Id="LAUNCHAPPONEXIT" Value="0" />

Answer 2

I've found an answer. Looks like checkbox property is not equal to 0 when unchecked. Simply change the condition "LAUNCHAPPONEXIT = 0" with "NOT LAUNCHAPPONEXIT" solves the situation.

Make default:

<Property Id="LAUNCHAPPONEXIT" Value="1" />

Then correct the conditions (corrected with sascha's comment):

<Publish Dialog="ExitDialogEx" Control="Finish" Order="1" Event="DoAction" Value="StartConfigManagerOnExit">LAUNCHAPPONEXIT</Publish>
<Publish Dialog="ExitDialogEx" Control="Finish" Order="1" Event="DoAction" Value="StartUpgradeConfigOnExit">NOT LAUNCHAPPONEXIT</Publish>

Answer 3

A checkbox has no value at all when unchecked, so rather than use the 1/0 notation you can simply use

LAUNCHAPPONEXIT

and

Not LAUNCHAPPONEXIT