Re: [WiX-users] Get computer name??
Oops, that's what you get for skimming help and source files. In closer examination I do actually use ComputerName, only one wix file has LocalMachine and it is used in a Util:PermissionEx@domain which then resolves to null and that works. Scary. Inherited code that 'works' can be fun. Dave -Original Message- From: Chad Petersen [mailto:chad.peter...@harlandfs.com] Sent: 24 March 2011 19:06 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Get computer name?? Actually, I've been using [ComputerName] since MSI 2.0. If you read those requirements a bit closer it goes on to say... Windows Installer on Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000. Which implies just about any version. The 4.0, 4,5 and 5.0 are required if you are on the newer OSes from the sound of it. Minor point, but I thought it worth a mention. -Original Message- From: David Watson [mailto:dwat...@sdl.com] Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:45 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Get computer name?? ComputerName should work on msi verions 4 and up. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368009(VS.85).aspx I use [LocalMachine] when creating local accounts... -Original Message- From: kim [mailto:contactme...@gmail.com] Sent: 24 March 2011 18:34 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Get computer name?? How can i populate a control with the name of the computer on which msi is executed. I used [ComputerName] and [COMPUTERNAME] property but its not working. Please advice. thanks -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Get-comput er-na me-tp6205253p6205253.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. - - Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users SDL PLC confidential, all rights reserved. If you are not the intended recipient of this mail SDL requests and requires that you delete it without acting upon or copying any of its contents, and we further request that you advise us. SDL PLC is a public limited company registered in England and Wales. Registered number: 02675207. Registered address: Globe House, Clivemont Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 7DY, UK. -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users - - Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Get computer name??
ComputerName should work on msi verions 4 and up. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368009(VS.85).aspx I use [LocalMachine] when creating local accounts... -Original Message- From: kim [mailto:contactme...@gmail.com] Sent: 24 March 2011 18:34 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Get computer name?? How can i populate a control with the name of the computer on which msi is executed. I used [ComputerName] and [COMPUTERNAME] property but its not working. Please advice. thanks -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Get-computer-na me-tp6205253p6205253.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. - - Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users SDL PLC confidential, all rights reserved. If you are not the intended recipient of this mail SDL requests and requires that you delete it without acting upon or copying any of its contents, and we further request that you advise us. SDL PLC is a public limited company registered in England and Wales. Registered number: 02675207. Registered address: Globe House, Clivemont Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 7DY, UK. -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Get computer name??
Actually, I've been using [ComputerName] since MSI 2.0. If you read those requirements a bit closer it goes on to say... Windows Installer on Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000. Which implies just about any version. The 4.0, 4,5 and 5.0 are required if you are on the newer OSes from the sound of it. Minor point, but I thought it worth a mention. -Original Message- From: David Watson [mailto:dwat...@sdl.com] Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:45 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Get computer name?? ComputerName should work on msi verions 4 and up. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368009(VS.85).aspx I use [LocalMachine] when creating local accounts... -Original Message- From: kim [mailto:contactme...@gmail.com] Sent: 24 March 2011 18:34 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Get computer name?? How can i populate a control with the name of the computer on which msi is executed. I used [ComputerName] and [COMPUTERNAME] property but its not working. Please advice. thanks -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Get-comput er-na me-tp6205253p6205253.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. - - Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users SDL PLC confidential, all rights reserved. If you are not the intended recipient of this mail SDL requests and requires that you delete it without acting upon or copying any of its contents, and we further request that you advise us. SDL PLC is a public limited company registered in England and Wales. Registered number: 02675207. Registered address: Globe House, Clivemont Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 7DY, UK. -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Get computer name??
[LocalMachine] is also not working for me Please advice -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Get-computer-name-tp6205253p6205348.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Get computer name??
You might be inventing properties - I've no idea what LocalMachine might be, but it's not a standard Windows Installer property. The answer IS [ComputerName] as has been mentioned: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368009(v=VS.85).aspx so stick with that. Look, this thing is used in thousands of setups, it does really work, so please provide some context instead of giving up and trying something else. Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: kim [mailto:contactme...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:14 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Get computer name?? [LocalMachine] is also not working for me Please advice -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Get-computer-name-tp6205253p6205348.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users *** Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any associated or attached files, is intended solely for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. This e-mail is confidential and may well also be legally privileged. If you have received it in error, you are on notice of its status. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and then delete this message from your system. Please do not copy it or use it for any purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person. This email comes from a division of the Invensys Group, owned by Invensys plc, which is a company registered in England and Wales with its registered office at 3rd Floor, 40 Grosvenor Place, London, SW1X 7AW (Registered number 166023). For a list of European legal entities within the Invensys Group, please go to http://www.invensys.com/legal/default.asp?top_nav_id=77nav_id=80prev_id=77. You may contact Invensys plc on +44 (0)20 3155 1200 or e-mail recept...@invensys.com. This e-mail and any attachments thereto may be subject to the terms of any agreements between Invensys (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates) and the recipient (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates). -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Get computer name??
X2 Even installs where I never use [ComputerName] the verbose log file still lists the entry Property(C): ComputerName = my computer name Showing that this is always available for use in any install. -Original Message- From: Wilson, Phil [mailto:phil.wil...@invensys.com] Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:30 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Get computer name?? You might be inventing properties - I've no idea what LocalMachine might be, but it's not a standard Windows Installer property. The answer IS [ComputerName] as has been mentioned: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368009(v=VS.85).aspx so stick with that. Look, this thing is used in thousands of setups, it does really work, so please provide some context instead of giving up and trying something else. Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: kim [mailto:contactme...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:14 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Get computer name?? [LocalMachine] is also not working for me Please advice -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Get-comput er-name-tp6205253p6205348.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users *** Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any associated or attached files, is intended solely for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. This e-mail is confidential and may well also be legally privileged. If you have received it in error, you are on notice of its status. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and then delete this message from your system. Please do not copy it or use it for any purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person. This email comes from a division of the Invensys Group, owned by Invensys plc, which is a company registered in England and Wales with its registered office at 3rd Floor, 40 Grosvenor Place, London, SW1X 7AW (Registered number 166023). For a list of European legal entities within the Invensys Group, please go to http://www.invensys.com/legal/default.asp?top_nav_id=77nav_id=80prev_i d=77. You may contact Invensys plc on +44 (0)20 3155 1200 or e-mail recept...@invensys.com. This e-mail and any attachments thereto may be subject to the terms of any agreements between Invensys (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates) and the recipient (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates). -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Get computer name??
Following is code from my .wxs file: Code from my custom UI dialog When i execute msi, editMachineName control displays [ComputerName] instead of my machine name. Please let me know what am I doing wrong here. Thanks -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Get-computer-name-tp6205253p6205447.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Get computer name??
You have to use a custom action to do what you are trying to do. For example: CustomAction Id=SetMACHINENAME Property=MACHINENAME Value=[ComputerName] / Mat Skildum -Original Message- From: kim [mailto:contactme...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:49 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Get computer name?? Following is code from my .wxs file: Code from my custom UI dialog When i execute msi, editMachineName control displays [ComputerName] instead of my machine name. Please let me know what am I doing wrong here. Thanks -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Get-computer-name-tp6205253p6205447.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Get computer name??
Your wxs didn't show up. However, the [] property substitution works only in fields that have a formatted type as defined in MSDN Control Table docs, so maybe your edit field isn't type formatted. Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: kim [mailto:contactme...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:49 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Get computer name?? Following is code from my .wxs file: Code from my custom UI dialog When i execute msi, editMachineName control displays [ComputerName] instead of my machine name. Please let me know what am I doing wrong here. Thanks -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Get-computer-name-tp6205253p6205447.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users *** Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any associated or attached files, is intended solely for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. This e-mail is confidential and may well also be legally privileged. If you have received it in error, you are on notice of its status. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and then delete this message from your system. Please do not copy it or use it for any purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person. This email comes from a division of the Invensys Group, owned by Invensys plc, which is a company registered in England and Wales with its registered office at 3rd Floor, 40 Grosvenor Place, London, SW1X 7AW (Registered number 166023). For a list of European legal entities within the Invensys Group, please go to http://www.invensys.com/legal/default.asp?top_nav_id=77nav_id=80prev_id=77. You may contact Invensys plc on +44 (0)20 3155 1200 or e-mail recept...@invensys.com. This e-mail and any attachments thereto may be subject to the terms of any agreements between Invensys (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates) and the recipient (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates). -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Get computer name??
Or you could publish the property just before entering your custom dialog, like in the preceding dialog. Publish Property=MACHINENAME Value=[ComputerName]1/Publish -Original Message- From: Skildum, Mathew [mailto:mathew.skil...@aspect.com] Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:59 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Get computer name?? You have to use a custom action to do what you are trying to do. For example: CustomAction Id=SetMACHINENAME Property=MACHINENAME Value=[ComputerName] / Mat Skildum -Original Message- From: kim [mailto:contactme...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:49 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Get computer name?? Following is code from my .wxs file: Code from my custom UI dialog When i execute msi, editMachineName control displays [ComputerName] instead of my machine name. Please let me know what am I doing wrong here. Thanks -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Get-comput er-name-tp6205253p6205447.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Get computer name??
Mat, tried your suggestion, but I am getting blank value in control My code: Thanks for all you help -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Get-computer-name-tp6205253p6205517.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Get computer name??
Thank you very much Mat. My code is working now following your suggestions. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Get-computer-name-tp6205253p6205570.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
