Re: [WiX-users] Pass value from command line to Custom action-Burn

2014-12-09 Thread Phill Hogland
In the bundle.exe define a string Variable element and use bal:Overridable='yes'. Then in MsiPackage use a MsiProperty element to pass the value of the variable into the msi. At that point follow the examples that you found to pass the msi property to your CA, depending on the type of CA.

Re: [WiX-users] Pass value from command line to Custom action-Burn

2014-12-09 Thread Nick Ramirez
You'll want to make sure that your CA is scheduled during InstallExecuteSequence and is deferred. Then, set the CustomActionData for that CA, passing it your ENV property that way. However, since you're updating an XML file, then the UtilExtension has XML elements (XmlConfig) to do that, so you