Running an executable as a custom action without showing a console window by using CAQuietExec
As you may know, it's possible to execute a Windows batch script as a custom action. Then again, if you're able to not use a batch script, preferring a more robust mechanism such as a C# custom action, then that's better. However, sometimes you just can't avoid it. In those cases, one annoyance is that a console window will be displayed while the batch script is running. In this recipe, we'll see how to hide it from the user.
Getting ready
To prepare for this recipe, perform the following steps:
- Create a new setup project and call it
QuietCustomActionInstaller. - We will create a batch script that prints a sequence of numbers to the console for a few seconds, ...
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