There is a crude native C++ custom action here ( http://wixml.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=263) called Property Loader. It allows you to read and replace text in a text file. However, it doesn't support rollback.
Thanks, Brian Rogers "Intelligence removes complexity." - Me http://blogs.msdn.com/icumove <-- NEW On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 8:13 AM, Sebastian Brand (Instyler Software) < wix+us...@instyler.com <wix%2bus...@instyler.com>> wrote: > You'll have to stick with a custom action for that. To read a text > file, I'd just use VBScript to read the text file ( fso.OpenTextFile > (...).ReadAll ) and store it in a property (if it's a short text). > Otherwise it depends on your purpose. > > > Best regards, > Sebastian Brand > > Deployment consultant > E-Mail: sebast...@instyler.com > > Instyler Setup - Creating WiX-based MSI installations, elegantly. > http://www.instyler.com > > On 29.09.2009, at 00:14, <phillip_sid...@dellteam.com> > <phillip_sid...@dellteam.com > > wrote: > > > Does anyone have an example of how I can read the contents of a text > > file and use it with WiX? > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > - Phil > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA > > is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart > > your > > developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and > > stay > > ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. Register > > now! > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA > is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your > developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay > ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. Register now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
