Re: [WiX-users] Accessing Source directory in Deferred Custom Action (ApDataFolder etc. is working, just not SourceDir)

Hi Thanks for your answer. From how i interpret the log file the action returns success (even if there is an exception), which is no surprise as I return this result via C#. Here are the relevant parts from the log: TestCA.SetProperty 3 MSI (s) (54:54)

Re: [WiX-users] Accessing Source directory in Deferred Custom Action (ApDataFolder etc. is working, just not SourceDir)

Hi Since I haven't managed to assign the [SourceDir] value to a customAction Data Property, i tried to assign the data assign the value to a property and then assign that property to the a customAction. However, no success, the assigned property is empty. I am sure it is a simple syntax thing

Re: [WiX-users] Accessing Source directory in Deferred Custom Action (ApDataFolder etc. is working, just not SourceDir)

Hi I still havent figured out how to solve my issue, but i have found a couple of other aspects. As it seems, the built in property: [SourceDir] is, depending at the time of exeuction, sometimes empty. In the execute sequence, if i use a immediate custom action, scheduled after

Re: [WiX-users] Accessing Source directory in Deferred Custom Action (ApDataFolder etc. is working, just not SourceDir)

The SourceDir is set by ResolveSource. The actions using this property should be scheduled after this action (see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa371857(VS.85).aspx). -Original Message- From: daniel.knoep...@noser.com [mailto:daniel.knoep...@noser.com] Sent: Wednesday, July

Re: [WiX-users] Accessing Source directory in Deferred Custom Action (ApDataFolder etc. is working, just not SourceDir)

Hi and halleluja I finally managed to access the SourceDir Property in the CustomAction data. The reason i could not access the SourceDir property earlier was simply that I scheduled the customAction to assign the properties to the CustomActiondata to early (It seems UI-sequence and execute

Re: [WiX-users] Accessing Source directory in Deferred Custom Action (ApDataFolder etc. is working, just not SourceDir)

You need to be careful here because it may not always work. You have impersonate=no in your custom action so you're running with the local system account. If you get to a situation where somebody is installing your setup from a network share it's unlikely to work because the system account

[WiX-users] Accessing Source directory in Deferred Custom Action (ApDataFolder etc. is working, just not SourceDir)

Hi I would like to access the SourceDir property in a deferred custom action. While i can access other directories via the CustomAction property (see example below). The SourceDir ActionData remains empty. I must be doing something wrong. I sure it's something silly, that only a wix newby can

Re: [WiX-users] Accessing Source directory in Deferred Custom Action (ApDataFolder etc. is working, just not SourceDir)

In a verbose installation log, what is the resulting value of the TestCA property? -Original Message- From: daniel.knoep...@noser.com [mailto:daniel.knoep...@noser.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 8:24 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Accessing Source