[WiX-users] Searching text files

I have a global property that I'd like to initialize to a value found within a line of text, in a text file. This file is close to an ini-file format, except that it doesn't have section headers, so I'm not sure that I can use IniFileSearch (the compiler keeps complaining about a null or missing

Re: [WiX-users] Searching text files

Craig Ward wrote: I have a global property that I'd like to initialize to a value found within a line of text, in a text file. This file is close to an ini-file format, except that it doesn't have section headers, so I'm not sure that I can use IniFileSearch (the compiler keeps complaining

Re: [WiX-users] Searching text files

Not only that, but IniLocator/AppSearch can only search INI files in the WindowsFolder directory. It's about the most useless pattern I've ever seen. What Windows Installer really needs is a built in XmlLocator and RegExLocator patterns. I guess the chances of that are slim to none