ACTION

Reference information
Applies to Windows Installer
Related topics EXECUTEACTION
External links External link Windows Installer documentation

Description

Public property that defines the installation action for the Windows Installer DoAction standard action. It can be set to the following values:

Value Description
ADMIN Run the ADMIN action to perform an administrative installation (AdminUISequence and AdminExecuteSequence).
ADVERTISE

Run the ADVERTISE action to install or remove advertised components (AdvtExecuteSequence).

TODO Not currently supported by Tarma ExpertInstall.

INSTALL Run the INSTALL action to perform a regular installation (InstallUISequence and InstallExecuteSequence).

Usage

Usage
How to set You can set this variable to the desired action for DoAction, or leave it empty to perform the INSTALL action. Because this is a public property, you can also set it on the installer's command line.
How to use Not normally used directly; Windows Installer uses it internally.