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In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Abdullah Ahmed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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> Much Appreciated.
> Thanks for the quick responses.
>
> On 10/18/07, Alexander Shevchuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Small addition. You also might want to add a launch condition to check
> > if extra property is included in the command line:
> >
> > <Condition Message="FILENAME variable must be set in the command line">
> > Installed OR FILENAME
> > </Condition>
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard
> > Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 10:23 AM
> > To: WiX Users
> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Passing Parameters to a WIX Msi from
> > commandline
> >
> >
> > In article
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > "Abdullah Ahmed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > Simple issue here, I need to pass in a property to my MSI from the
> > > commandline...the commandline would look something like this..
> > >
> > > misexec product.msi /qr /norestart FILENAME="c:\data.xml"
> > >
> > > I want it so that now in the MSI there is a property called FILENAME
> > with
> > > the value c:\data.xml and I wanna beable to use that property for
> > various
> > > things in the MSI.
> > >
> > > How do I go about doing this?
> >
> > MSI already supports this exactly as you describe. Your command line
> > is correct. Once you invoke the install this way, the property will
> > be set to the value given on the command line. Only public
> > properties (all uppercase names) can be set from the command line.
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> Much Appreciated.<br>Thanks for the quick responses. <br><br><div><span clas
s="gmail_quote">On 10/18/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Alexander Shevchuk</b
> <<a href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]
rosoft.com
> </a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1p
x solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Sma
ll addition. You also might want to add a launch condition to check
> <br>if extra property is included in the command line:<br><br><Condition
Message="FILENAME variable must be set in the command line"><br>&
nbsp; Installed OR FILENAME<br></Condition><br><br><br><br>-----Ori
ginal Message-----
> <br>From: <a href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">wix-users
[EMAIL PROTECTED]</a><br>[mailto:<a href="mailto:wix-users-bounce
[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</a>
> ] On Behalf Of Richard<br>Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 10:23 AM<br>To: W
iX Users<br>Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Passing Parameters to a WIX Msi from<br>c
ommandline<br><br><br>In article<br><<a href="mailto:b82535310710181021y238
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED]</a>>,<br>&nbs
p; "Abdullah Ahmed" <<a href="mailto:[EMAIL
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il.com">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</a>> writes:<br><br>> Simple issue
here, I need to pass in a property to my MSI from the
> <br>> commandline...the commandline would look something like this..<br>&
gt;<br>> misexec product.msi /qr /norestart FILENAME="c:\data.xml"
;<br>><br>> I want it so that now in the MSI there is a property called
FILENAME
> <br>with<br>> the value c:\data.xml and I wanna beable to use that proper
ty for<br>various<br>> things in the MSI.<br>><br>> How do I go about
doing this?<br><br>MSI already supports this exactly as you describe. &n
bsp;Your command line
> <br>is correct. Once you invoke the install this way, the propert
y will<br>be set to the value given on the command line. Only publi
c<br>properties (all uppercase names) can be set from the command line.<br>--<
br>"The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 draft available for
> <br>download<br> <<a href="http://www.
xmission.com/~legalize/book/download/index.html">http://www.xmission.com/~lega
lize/book/download/index.html</a>><br><br> &nb
sp; Legalize Adulthood! <<a href="http://blogs.xmission.com/lega
lize/">
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