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Error in calling EXE in custom action (Setup & deployment project)

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    Hi I create MSI installer using VS2005 for my application. For adding custom action in MSI installation , I add one exe in Custom action. When install application using MSI, dialog box in my custom EXE is pop up, and when I click by mouse on any button on dialogbox(custom.exe), installation done smothly, but when I press "Enter" key instead of mouse click, then one MSI message popup as "There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program run as part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact your support personnel or package vendor." anybody know about this error.. please give some hint.. Thanks aaa

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    • A am 2009

      Hi I create MSI installer using VS2005 for my application. For adding custom action in MSI installation , I add one exe in Custom action. When install application using MSI, dialog box in my custom EXE is pop up, and when I click by mouse on any button on dialogbox(custom.exe), installation done smothly, but when I press "Enter" key instead of mouse click, then one MSI message popup as "There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program run as part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact your support personnel or package vendor." anybody know about this error.. please give some hint.. Thanks aaa

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      Check for your app to be topmost or systemmodal so your app gets the enter key. Or is a bug in the app. Does it run on its own properly?

      Press F1 for help or google it. Greetings from Germany

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        Hi I create MSI installer using VS2005 for my application. For adding custom action in MSI installation , I add one exe in Custom action. When install application using MSI, dialog box in my custom EXE is pop up, and when I click by mouse on any button on dialogbox(custom.exe), installation done smothly, but when I press "Enter" key instead of mouse click, then one MSI message popup as "There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program run as part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact your support personnel or package vendor." anybody know about this error.. please give some hint.. Thanks aaa

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        Can you check if dialog box shown from the custom action is the foreground window.

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