Re: [WiX-users] How to get package version using burn API

2014-01-15 Thread tom
I see it as a valid way to extend the BA, combining with custom extension it is quite elegant way to modify the manifest file I am using it all the time Having said that, I accept you wish…and I will take this issue…probably take some time until I get familiar with how to do check-ins and out c

Re: [WiX-users] How to get package version using burn API

2014-01-14 Thread Hoover, Jacob
m: Phill Hogland [mailto:phogl...@rimage.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 1:16 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to get package version using burn API >>>Wish someone would help improve the WiX toolset instead of everyone >>>doing workaround

Re: [WiX-users] How to get package version using burn API

2014-01-14 Thread Phill Hogland
>>>Wish someone would help improve the WiX toolset instead of everyone doing workarounds. I am very interested in doing that, however aside from some sickness in the family that took me offline last week, I am still struggling with understanding the git push - pull process. I hear that the way I

Re: [WiX-users] How to get package version using burn API

2014-01-14 Thread Phill Hogland
I implemented the approach to passing data from my bundle via the BootstrapperApplicationData.xml to the mba some time ago. But today I came across a much easier approach. I commented out the custom table and the BootsrapperApplicationData class (which I had modified from the sample code in the l

Re: [WiX-users] How to get package version using burn API

2014-01-14 Thread Rob Mensching
:( Wish someone would help improve the WiX toolset instead of everyone doing workarounds. :( -Original Message- From: Phill Hogland [mailto:phogl...@rimage.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 9:57 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to get package

Re: [WiX-users] How to get package version using burn API

2014-01-14 Thread Phill Hogland
As Tom indicated I added custom tables with BootstrapperApplicationData="yes" and then the following link was helpful in deserializing the data. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12846421/getting-display-name-from-packageid -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-tool

Re: [WiX-users] How to get package version using burn API

2014-01-13 Thread Manas
Thank you all for the suggestions. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/How-to-get-package-version-using-burn-API-tp7591717p7591743.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ---

Re: [WiX-users] How to get package version using burn API

2014-01-13 Thread tom
I can try,but i prefer to implement it on my machine and just post the code I dont know too much about open source projects. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/How-to-get-package-version-using-burn-API-tp7591717p7591738.html Sent fro

Re: [WiX-users] How to get package version using burn API

2014-01-13 Thread tom
You can add additional data to the manifest file If you define table like this bootstrapperApplicationData="yes*"> it will find itself into the manifest file and you can deserialzie it at run time -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.6875

Re: [WiX-users] How to get package version using burn API

2014-01-13 Thread Rob Mensching
t: Re: [WiX-users] How to get package version using burn API In my Managed Bootstrapper Window, I would like to display a data grid table with some details of the packages in the bundle. One of the pieces of information I would like to display is the package version. What I need is this: In

Re: [WiX-users] How to get package version using burn API

2014-01-13 Thread Manas
In my Managed Bootstrapper Window, I would like to display a data grid table with some details of the packages in the bundle. One of the pieces of information I would like to display is the package version. What I need is this: Install/Repair: Package version in bundle before Install execute and I

Re: [WiX-users] How to get package version using burn API

2014-01-13 Thread tom
Just check it,BootstrapperApplicationData.xml does not have it Manas,why do you need the version for? -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/How-to-get-package-version-using-burn-API-tp7591717p7591725.html Sent from the wix-users maili

Re: [WiX-users] How to get package version using burn API

2014-01-13 Thread Rob Mensching
users] How to get package version using burn API Is there some way to get the version of a package contained within a bundle using the burn API? None of the event handler arguments seem to expose this information. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.6875

Re: [WiX-users] How to get package version using burn API

2014-01-13 Thread Brian Enderle
I use the following in my project, adding it to either the WiX project file or as a task during 'msbuild': This gets the version applied to the DLL file and then parses out the piec

[WiX-users] How to get package version using burn API

2014-01-12 Thread Manas
Is there some way to get the version of a package contained within a bundle using the burn API? None of the event handler arguments seem to expose this information. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/How-to-get-package-version-using-