Re: [WiX-users] Pass BootstrapperApplication properties to MSIPackages
Define the properties that you want passed to your MSI using elements under the corresponding element. You can set the MsiProperty@Value attribute to the value of a element. Your BA can change / update the value of the Burn variable. So here's a burn variable that you will later set through your BA: Here's your MSI package that has a public property named MY_PUBLIC_PROPERTY that will get set by the engine: Here's your BA code that changes the value of MyBurnVariable at some point: MyBootstrapperApplication.Engine.StringVariables["MyBurnVariable"] = "My New Value"; -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Pass-BootstrapperApplication-properties-to-MSIPackages-tp7195074p7196697.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Pass BootstrapperApplication properties to MSIPackages
Hi Romeo, it's quite simple: The bootstrapper will probably start "msiexec /i installer.msi", right? Simply append TARGETDIR="InstallLocation" to it and you're done. For any other property, you can do the same: make the property public by writing it all uppercase inside your wxs files, assign a reasonable default value and pass the desired value from the BA. Regards, Dirk 2012/1/17 Romeo S. : > Hi, > > I have written a BA where the installing user answers/modifies default > configuration. > How can I pass the updated properties back to MSI? > > E.g. The installing user changes the default InstallLocation, how can I > notify the MSI that it should use the InstallLocation from the BA? > > Thanks, > dfox > > -- > View this message in context: > http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Pass-BootstrapperApplication-properties-to-MSIPackages-tp7195074p7195074.html > Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > -- > Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! > The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers > is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, > Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d > ___ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Pass BootstrapperApplication properties to MSIPackages
Hi, I have written a BA where the installing user answers/modifies default configuration. How can I pass the updated properties back to MSI? E.g. The installing user changes the default InstallLocation, how can I notify the MSI that it should use the InstallLocation from the BA? Thanks, dfox -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Pass-BootstrapperApplication-properties-to-MSIPackages-tp7195074p7195074.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
