Hi Claude,

>The solution is to run a simple exe or dll that shells out to the main Custom Action so it runs in the normal way. VBS run, cmd.exe, or createprocess should all work. We settled on a custom c++ dll that uses CreateProcess. It's nice - we can have really small installations this way that include only the vfp6t.dll instead of the bulkier regular one.

I'll give that a try.

>Yes, the freebie VFP 7 ISexpress can run a post-setup executable. It works well and you can pass it parameters. No Custom Actions though.

Does the VFP7 ISexpress have the same issues with the post-setup exe, or does it work around this somehow?

Thanks for the help.