Hey Zack, Take a look at the following links and let me know if these help you out.
http://www.w3schools.com/XPath/xpath_syntax.asp http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms950779.aspx Glad it worked! That is what is important! Thanks, -- Brian Rogers "Intelligence removes complexity." - Me http://icumove.spaces.live.com On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 5:36 PM, Zachary Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Hi Brian, > > It worked! Thank you so much! > > I have no idea why that worked--there's nothing in the XPath that takes > into account the namespace, it's just ignored. How did you come across > this fantastic knowledge, trial and error? > > Thanks again, > Zach > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian > Rogers > Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 4:17 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] XPath or XSLPattern for XmlConfig? > > Hey Zach, > > Just curious, could you use the below XPath instead? > > /hibernate-configuration/session-factory/[EMAIL PROTECTED]'connection.c > onnection_string'[\]] > > Thanks, > > -- > Brian Rogers > "Intelligence removes complexity." - Me > http://icumove.spaces.live.com > > On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 2:14 AM, Zachary Young > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > Can someone please verify that XmlConfig uses XPath (and not > XSLPattern) > > for its query language? > > > > > > > > When I run this: > > > > > > > > <util:XmlConfig > > > > Id="Hibernate.Config" > > > > Action="create" > > > > ElementPath="//*[\[]local-name()='property' and > > > namespace-uri()='urn:nhibernate-configuration-2.2'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'connect > > ion.connection_string'[\]]" > > > > File="[INSTALLDIR]Configuration\Hibernate.Config.xml" > > > > On="install" > > > > Node="value" > > > > Value="Server=[SERVER];Database=[DBNAME];User > > Id=[USERID];Password=[PASSWORD]" > > > > /> > > > > > > > > against this: > > > > > > > > <?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?> > > > > <hibernate-configuration xmlns="urn:nhibernate-configuration-2.2"> > > > > <session-factory> > > > > <property name="connection.connection_string"></property> > > > > </session-factory> > > > > </hibernate-configuration> > > > > > > > > I get the following error in my installation log: > > > > > > > > ExecXmlConfig: Error 0x80004005: failed to find node: //* in XML > file: > > D:\Inetpub\services\console\Configuration\Hibernate.Config.xml > > > > MSI (s) (8C!98) [01:55:10:115]: Product: ConsoleWS.Setup -- Error > 25542. > > Failed to find node: //*[local-name()='property' and > > > namespace-uri()='urn:nhibernate-configuration-2.2'[EMAIL > PROTECTED]'connection.co > > nnection_string'] in XML file: > > D:\Inetpub\services\console\Configuration\Hibernate.Config.xml, system > > error: -2147467259 > > > > > > > > Error 25542. Failed to find node: //*[local-name()='property' and > > > namespace-uri()='urn:nhibernate-configuration-2.2'[EMAIL > PROTECTED]'connection.co > > nnection_string'] in XML file: > > D:\Inetpub\services\console\Configuration\Hibernate.Config.xml, system > > error: -2147467259 > > > > > > > > The above error seems very reminiscent of another problem I was having > a > > couple of days ago where I was trying this same XPath with the XmlFile > > Element. I kept getting the 'failed to find node: //*...' error until > I > > realized that XmlFile Element was defaulting to XSLPattern. Changing > the > > ' SelectionLanguage' attribute to 'XPath' fixed the problem > immediately. > > > > > > > > If I take the XPath from the error message above, I can turn right > back > > around, load the Hibernate.config file in Chris Lovett's XML Notepad > > 2007 and <oXygen/> (using Saxon6.5.4 for XPath 1.0 and Saxon8B for > XPath > > 2.0) and find the connection 'property' element. I am fairly certain > > that it is valid XPath: > > > > > > > > //*[local-name()='property' and > > > namespace-uri()='urn:nhibernate-configuration-2.2'[EMAIL > PROTECTED]'connection.co > > nnection_string'] > > > > > > > > Is my XmlConfig configured incorrectly? I'm using WiX 3.0.4415.0. > > > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > Zach > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
