[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.]
The Microsoft® Windows® installer provides a number of actions to be used during the install process. For a list of these actions see Standard Actions Reference. For most situations these actions are sufficient. However, there may be situations in which an installation needs to do something that is not possible using only standard actions. To provide the greatest degree of flexibility, the installer provides setup authors the ability to create their own custom actions.
The material in this section is intended for developers who are writing their own Setup programs and for developers who want to learn more about the installer. For general information on the installer, see About Windows Installer.
The topics in this section describe how to incorporate custom actions into an installation package. The topics include