Wix 安装程序 package 包含一个 C++ 生成器 Windows 服务

Question

I have a installation package made using the Wix toolset, that includes a service created with Embarcadero's C++ Builder. ECB has a different syntax to register/unregister services under Windows if compared to Visual Studio C++/C#, I was not able to register the service through the regular Wix element <ServiceInstall> , the installer freezes during the service registration/unregistration. I found a solution through the Wix Custom Actions . I created the following actions:

    <CustomAction
        Id="LaunchApp_SrvInstall"
        Directory="INSTALLDIR"
        Impersonate="no"
        Execute="deferred"
        ExeCommand="&quot;[INSTALLDIR]ACService.exe&quot; /install /silent">
    </CustomAction>
    <CustomAction
        Id="LaunchApp_SrvUninstall"
        Directory="INSTALLDIR"
        Impersonate="no"
        Execute="deferred"
        ExeCommand="&quot;[INSTALLDIR]ACService.exe&quot; /uninstall /silent">
    </CustomAction>

    <InstallExecuteSequence>
        <Custom Action="LaunchApp_SrvInstall"   After="InstallFiles">NOT REMOVE</Custom>
        <Custom Action="LaunchApp_SrvUninstall" Before="RemoveFiles">REMOVE ~= "ALL"</Custom>
    </InstallExecuteSequence>

With the syntax above, during the package install, after the files are copied to the installation directory I have the service registered, and if I'm uninstalling the package the service is unregistered before the installed files are removed. In both cases it works perfectly. The problem I'm facing happens when I try to update the software to a newer version, I have the scenario where the software and the service are running and the user tries to install the new MSI package to update the entire solution. In that case, I have the following popup:

It seems that during the update process, the installer is trying to register the service twice, but I can't figure why. Does anyone here already faced such situation? Is there a way to configure the Custom Actions to work also during the package update?

Answer 1

After the useful tips given in the comments, everything worked when I correlated the properties Name and DisplayName of the Embarcadero's IDE with the tags Name and DisplayName of the WiX installer project source, also, it was necessary to define the Arguments tag in <ServiceInstall>

That's it. Now I can handle my service using WiX. I'm quite confident the details above are also valid for the Delphi compiler.