How to remove custom actions binary on uninstallation? - installation

Question

When I'm uninstalling my product directory where custom action binary was placed stays. How can I delete it. Also strange named directory is created on installation - unistallation: "RSCustomActions.CA.dll-" and "RSCustomActions.CA.dll-0" (my binary name RSCustomActions.CA.dll)
My WIX code is
<Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
<Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder">
<Directory Id="Product.Id" Name="Product">
<Directory Id="INSTALLLOCATION" Name="Product">
<!-- TEST -->
<Directory Id="Installer" Name="Installer">
<Component Id="InstallerFiles"
Guid="{0904DB36-2496-419c-A992-B7D86F068F12}">
<File Id="RSCustomActions.CA.dll" Name="RSCustomActions.CA.dll" Source="Binaries\RSCustomActions.CA.dll" />
</Component>
</Directory>
<!-- END TEST -->
<?include "Product.Files.wxi" ?>
</Directory>
</Directory>
</Directory>
<Directory Id="ProgramMenuFolder" Name="PMenu">
<Directory Id="ProgramMenuDir" Name="Aspose">
<?include "Product.ProgramMenu.wxi" ?>
</Directory>
</Directory>
<Component Id="Main" Shared="yes" Guid="{EDD4477A-D188-469c-B8D0-4423377C03C6}" Feature="Main.InstallFeatures">
<RemoveFolder Id="DeleteProgramMenuDir" Directory="ProgramMenuDir" On="uninstall" />
</Component>
</Directory>
"Product.Files.wxi" also contains
<Component Id="Product.Remove" Guid="{C6D9D74C-66E8-442a-8E53-78A8D0E2B24D}">
<RemoveFolder Id="Product.RemoveFolder.Action" On="uninstall"/>
</Component>
Please suggest any way how can I remove Installer folder and those strage folders with binary name.
Thanks!

Answer 1

Why do you need installing the CA DLL as a file of the product? You can simply put it to Binary table and forget about it, like this:
<!-- This is a reference to the DLL where all custom actions reside -->
<Binary Id="CustomActions" SourceFile="$(var.Root)\CA\CustomActions.CA.dll" />
And the custom action definition is something like this:
<!-- Sample CA definition -->
<CustomAction Id="MyAction" BinaryKey="CustomActions" DllEntry="MyActionMethod" />
Note that MyActionMethod should be defined in that CA assembly and marked appropriately. There's a good sample of this in dtf.chm in WiX distribution.
Hope this helps.