Rob, You said "Managed CustomActions aren't supported either". Is that with version 3.0? I'm using WIX version 2.0.4415.0 because I need to be ready very soon and I don't want to deal with the [potential] changes.
Would managed CAs be OK for WiX V2.0? __________________________________ Doug Watts Advectis, Inc. Direct: 678.460.4605 Cell: 770.314.6704 The #1 Network for Mortgage Document Collaboration -----Original Message----- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 5:05 PM To: Cullen Waters; Douglas Watts; david adams; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: Re: [WiX-users] WiX XML Issue VBScript has lots of issues (you can see my blog about that). Managed CustomActions aren't supported either. I think K just checked in an improved XmlFile CustomAction called XmlConfig that handles more complex changes to XML files than what XmlFile supports. I expect it is only in the latest drop of WiX v3 but it might get you closer to what you want... or it just might have bugs. <smile/> -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cullen Waters Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 1:31 PM To: Douglas Watts; david adams; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WiX XML Issue I'm not really sure about sending properties back from managed code. Worst case, you could do all your machine.config changes in the mgd code CA. I think you'll hear some complaints from this alias if you use vbscript to create a custom action. The problem is that supporting reinstall and rollback and uninstall from vbscript is pretty hard. It's a lot easier from a managed CA. -----Original Message----- From: Douglas Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 1:25 PM To: Cullen Waters; david adams; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] WiX XML Issue Thanks guys. David: The application is already written (it's been in production for a couple of years). So changing the way it uses machine.config is not an immediate option. Your suggestion would actually be my preferred way. Cullen: I'm actually looking into writing a VB script to run as a custom action to modify the machine.config. Do you guys think this would work? As for a managed code CA, I thought managed code CAs could not set properties back in the installer. I thought they could only receive properties. I'm not sure about this. ___________ Doug Watts -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cullen Waters Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 3:55 PM To: david adams; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WiX XML Issue Also, since the machines you're installing on have the .net runtime installed (or else there wouldn't be a machine.config to edit), you could write a .NET custom action (easier than c++) that runs before XMLFile, and performs your xml search on machine.config, and sets a property telling XmlFile whether it should run the appSettings creation. Does that make sense? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of david adams Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 12:43 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WiX XML Issue Not sure if this helps Douglas, but could you add a custom section and section handler instead of using AppSettings? That way, you are assured that the section would not exist prior to you adding it and you are not limited to using duplicate key names since your configuration section handler could handle whatever keys you setup. Instead of: ... <AppSettings> <add key="" value="" /> <add key="" value="" /> ... </AppSettings> Something like: ... <customSection> <key1 name="" value="" /> <key2 name="" value="" /> ... </customSection> (assuming you reference your <customSection> in the <configSection> naming it and declaring the SectionHandler to use with it) David Adams MSN MessengerID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: "Douglas Watts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Cullen Waters" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,<wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> >Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WiX XML Issue >Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 14:36:25 -0400 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Received: from lists-outbound.sourceforge.net ([66.35.250.225]) by >bay0-mc10-f18.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2444); Wed, >11 Oct 2006 11:37:49 -0700 >Received: from sc8-sf-list1-new.sourceforge.net (unknown [10.3.1.93])by >sc8-sf-spam2.sourceforge.net (Postfix) with ESMTPid 1171113215; Wed, 11 Oct >2006 11:37:48 -0700 (PDT) >Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net >([10.3.1.92]helo=mail.sourceforge.net)by sc8-sf-list1-new.sourceforge.net >with esmtp (Exim 4.43)id 1GXiwZ-0007Bt-KPfor >wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 11 Oct 2006 11:36:39 -0700 >Received: from 66-194-149-212.static.twtelecom.net >([66.194.149.212]helo=EXCHANGE-01.advectis.office)by mail.sourceforge.net >with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1GXiwY-0002or-K2for >wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 11 Oct 2006 11:36:39 -0700 >X-Message-Info: LsUYwwHHNt0vmw3QJwjTGr8Fuyvmpg1UHuvq2Ec6GMY= >Content-class: urn:content-classes:message >X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 >X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Re: [WiX-users] WiX >XML Issue >Thread-Index: Acbr5h2j/zA5AD/0S+Wra8+ZTjRIiwACKVsgAFOHd4AAB9zDEAABxbBw >X-Spam-Score: 1.0 (+) >X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by sourceforge.net.See >http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details.Report problems >tohttp://sf.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=1&atid=2000011.0 >FORGED_RCVD_HELO Received: contains a forged HELO0.0 HTML_MESSAGE > BODY: HTML included in message >X-BeenThere: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net >X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8 >Precedence: list >List-Id: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML >toolset."<wix-users.lists.sourceforge.net> >List-Unsubscribe: ><https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users>,<mailto:wix-us [EMAIL PROTECTED]> >List-Archive: ><http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum=wix-users> >List-Post: <mailto:wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> >List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >List-Subscribe: ><https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users>,<mailto:wix-us [EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-OriginalArrivalTime: 11 Oct 2006 18:37:50.0092 (UTC) >FILETIME=[5AB45CC0:01C6ED64] > >I tried that but I get an error basically saying that the appSettings >node could not be found. The problem gets more complicated in that if >the appSettings element already exists and contains child elements >(<add> elements) then I risk overwriting them. Apparently WiX (at least >2.0.4415) does not support the XPath last() function. > > > >So I have two problems: > >1) I cannot query to see if the <appSettings> node already exists > >2) I cannot create my <add> attributes for the last element (I >assume the one I just created would be appended and not prepended) > > > >Anyone got any ideas? > >__________ > >Doug Watts > > > >________________________________ > >From: Cullen Waters [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 1:41 PM >To: Douglas Watts; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net >Subject: RE: Re: [WiX-users] WiX XML Issue > > > >I don't have a definite solution, Doug, but I have a suggestion. Have >you tried just creating your <add> elements, without specifying the ><appSettings> element, in a machine.config that doesn't contain the ><appSettings>? Maybe the XmlFile element is smart enough to create the >path if your XPath doesn't exist. > > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Douglas >Watts >Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 6:58 AM >To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net >Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WiX XML Issue > > > >Does anyone know how to check for the existence of a particular element >in an XML file? I need to add <appSettings> to the machine.config file >but if I assume that the <appSettings> node does not exist then I end up >with two. The only thing I see in the WiX schema is XmlFile which >creates or updates elements. I need to query. > > > >__________ > >Doug Watts > >________________________________ > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Douglas >Watts >Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 6:06 PM >To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net >Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WiX XML Issue > > > >OK, either my questions are getting easier or I'm starting to get the >hang of this. I figured out that I need to escape the brackets and now >it works fine. > >My follow-up question is how do I check an XML file to see if an element >already exists? > > > >If the appSettings element is already there this I don't need to create >it. However, the XmlFile Wix element is used from creating or updating >elements...not for querying them. > >__________ > >Doug Watts > > > >________________________________ > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Douglas >Watts >Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 5:02 PM >To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net >Subject: [WiX-users] WiX XML Issue > > > >I am trying to use the XmlFile element to modify the MACHINE.CONFIG >file. I need to add application settings for my app. I need to add >settings such that the config file ends up as follows: > ><appSettings> > > <add key="MyKey1" value="key 1 value" /> > > <add key="MyKey2" value="key 2 value" /> > > </appSettings> > > > >First I create an "add" element. Next, I want to set the element's >attributes as shown above. However, when I try to set the second "add" >element I end up changing the first and adding an empty second "add" >element. I tried specifying the first element >(ElementPath='//configuration/appSettings/add[1]') with no luck; I tried >the last element (ElementPath='//configuration/appSettings/add[last()]') >with no luck. > > > >I have tried the following: > > > ><Component Id="MachineConfigComponent" >Guid="00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000" > > > <XmlFile Id='XmlSettings1' > > File='[FRAMEWORKINSTALLPATH]v1.1.4322\CONFIG\Machine.Config' > > Action='createElement' Name='appSettings' >ElementPath='//configuration' > > Sequence='1' /> > > > > <XmlFile Id='XmlSettings2' > > File='[FRAMEWORKINSTALLPATH]v1.1.4322\CONFIG\Machine.Config' > > Action='createElement' Name='add' >ElementPath='//configuration/appSettings' > > Sequence='2' /> > > <XmlFile Id='XmlSettings3' > > File='[FRAMEWORKINSTALLPATH]v1.1.4322\CONFIG\Machine.Config' > > Action='setValue' Name='key' Value='MyKey1' > > ElementPath='//configuration/appSettings/add' > > Sequence='3' /> > > <XmlFile Id='XmlSettings4' > > File='[FRAMEWORKINSTALLPATH]v1.1.4322\CONFIG\Machine.Config' > > Action='setValue' Name='value' Value='key 1 value' > > ElementPath='//configuration/appSettings/add' > > Sequence='4' /> > > > > <XmlFile Id='XmlSettings5' > > File='[FRAMEWORKINSTALLPATH]v1.1.4322\CONFIG\Machine.Config' > > Action='createElement' Name='add' >ElementPath='//configuration/appSettings' > > Sequence='5' /> > > <XmlFile Id='XmlSettings6' > > File='[FRAMEWORKINSTALLPATH]v1.1.4322\CONFIG\Machine.Config' > > Action='setValue' Name='key' Value='MyKey2' > > ElementPath='//configuration/appSettings/add[1]' > > Sequence='6' /> > > <XmlFile Id='XmlSettings7' > > File='[FRAMEWORKINSTALLPATH]v1.1.4322\CONFIG\Machine.Config' > > Action='setValue' Name='value' Value='key 2 value' > > ElementPath='//configuration/appSettings/add[1]' >Sequence='7' /> > ></Component> > > > >Does anyone know how to add elements and set their attributes when the >element names are the same? > > > >__________ > >Doug Watts > >----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- >Using Tomcat but need to do more? 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