RollBack Installation if custom action fails [After InstallFinalise] -Basic Msi -Installshield 2012

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I am creating a basic msi installer using installshield 2012 spring professional , here i have a custom dialog to collect some data from the user based on which i call a custom dll action to create a database inside the installation folder .

I have a scheduled a dll custom action to run After InstallFinalise , I want to check the return value from the dll and if the value indicates a failure i need to abort and rollback the installation process.

I have managed to catch the error and abort the installation but the issue is with the rollback .. Right now the installation aborts but the files are already created . How do i get the installation rolled back ? Is it possible .. Any ideas ??

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I thought this should happen automatically if you return non-zero code from your action. What are the settings for your action? Probably you need to have set check return code. – Ivaylo Strandjev
The rollback action based on error works automatically only if the error is returned before installfinalise , but the issue is before installfinalise, the files and folders are not created so i am executing the dll action after installfinalise .. – Arun
mistyped install finalise as installfiles .. mybad !! :( – Arun
I got you. Truth is I am a bit doomed to be using installshield 2008 and I saw some issues with uninstall - if install location is not an ASCII path uninstall would not remove some of the files from some of the components. That is why I wrote my own custom actions to clean up the files. I certainly hope this issue has been resolved in later versions of the software – Ivaylo Strandjev

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It is impossible to rollback after InstallFinalize. InstallInitialize and InstallFinalize mark the boundries of the windows installer transaction.

I suggest reading and understanding:

Installation Phases and In-Script Execution Options for Custom Actions in Windows Installer