Advertisement Sequence

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Basic MSI

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InstallScript MSI

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MSI Database

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Transform

The Advertisement sequence is the list of actions that occur when an end user launches your installation with the /j command-line option for MsiExec.exe. The built-in actions in this sequence are described in the table below.

User Interface

Validation rule ICE78 requires the Advertisement User Interface sequence to be empty.

Execute

The Execute sequence contains all the actions that do not rely upon the user interface in order to function properly. These actions include file transfer, publishing components and features, and registering COM servers.

For complete technical details about each standard action, see the Standard Actions Reference in the Windows Installer Help Library.

Execute Actions in the Advertisement Sequence
Action Name	Type of Event	Description
CostInitialize	Standard action	The first step in determining how much disk space is required by the current configuration of the installation.
CostFinalize	Standard action	Determines the total amount of disk space required by the installation in its current configuration.
InstallValidate	Standard action	Determines if there is enough disk space available for the current configuration.
InstallInitialize	Standard action	Marks the beginning of the actions that make changes to the end user’s system.
CreateShortcuts	Standard action	Creates the shortcuts specified in the Shortcuts view or the Setup Design view.
RegisterClassInfo	Standard action	Registers all of the COM class information specified in the COM Registration advanced setting.
RegisterExtensionInfo	Standard action	Registers all of the extensions specified in the File Types advanced setting.
RegisterProgIdInfo	Standard action	Registers all of the ProgIDs that defined in the COM Registration advanced setting if its component is being advertised.
RegisterMIMEInfo	Standard action	Registers all of the MIME types that are defined in the File Types advanced setting if its component is being advertised.
RegisterTypeLibraries	Standard action	Registers any type libraries that were created in the installation, either through the COM Registration advanced setting or the Component Wizard.
PublishComponents	Standard action	Publishes all components that are associated with features that are being advertised.
MsiPublishAssemblies	Standard action	Manages the advertisement of common language run-time assemblies and Win32 assemblies. The action queries the MsiAssembly table to determine which assemblies have features being advertised or installed to the global assembly cache and which assemblies have a parent component being advertised or installed to a location isolated for a particular application.
PublishFeatures	Standard action	Registers each feature’s installation state. This state can be absent, advertised, or installed. If the feature is installed, this action writes the feature-component relationship to the registry.
PublishProduct	Standard action	Publishes a product if it is being advertised.
InstallFinalize	Standard action	The final step of the installation or uninstallation.