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Question about scripting and custom definitions

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I have been running into an issue with a custom definition. I have attempted to create a msi upgrade patch for a custom application. I have not had any trouble with the detection logic, but for some reason the patch never installs the upgrade files, but reports success to the console.

 

I have been using the following script to install this software upgrade. I will state up front, that this script currently works normally as a software package and as running locally with an administrative user.

 

Option Explicit
Dim oExec, oShell
Set oShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

InstallWings

'=================================
'   Subroutines and Functions
'=================================

Sub Sleep
    'subroutine to pause execution of script until current installation process is completed
    Do While oExec.Status = 0
        wscript.sleep 100
    Loop
End Sub

Sub InstallWings
    'install Wings client
    Set oExec = oShell.Exec("msiexec.exe /i "\\server\share\myFile.msi" REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=vomus /quiet")
    Sleep
End Sub

 

When I attempted to incorporate this script into the custom definition, I used the option 'Run Script' > VBScript, then pasted the above script into the editor, adding the additional function that is mentioned in the sample script that is created when you create a 'Run Script' patch action.

 

Dim oExec, oShell, bSucceeded, strMessage
Set oShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

InstallWings
ReportRepairResult true, "Message reported to core"

'========================
'   Subroutines and Functions
'========================

Sub Sleep
    'subroutine to pause execution of script until current installation process is completed
    Do While oExec.Status = 0
        wscript.sleep 100
    Loop
End Sub

Sub InstallWings
    'install Wings client
    Set oExec = oShell.Exec("msiexec.exe /i ""\\server\share\myFile.msi"" REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=vomus /quiet")
    Sleep
End Sub

Sub ReportRepairResult(Boolean bSucceeded, String strMessage)

 

When this script was run, the repair fails, with error 412.

 

What am I doing incorrectly? I would much rather keep this as a single action instead of using the custom definition to define the target for another software distribution task. With the installation parameters of REINSTALL=ALL and REINSTALLMODE=vomus, the installer msi for the installed version being upgraded, needs to be in the same location as the upgrading msi file, so this complicates the patch installation process.


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