Ok, I got a successful compile using...
ElementPath="/configuration/applicationSettings/RollCall.Properties.Settings
/setting[...@key='project'[\]]/value/"
I just figured it out when I got this last reply.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<configSections>
...
</configSections>
<applicationSettings>
<Roll_Call.Properties.Settings>
<setting name="project" serializeAs="String">
<value>default</value>
</setting>
</Roll_Call.Properties.Settings>
</applicationSettings>
</configuration>
Since my xml looks like the above and my goal is to change the text
"default" in the value tag, I was erroneously trying to alter an attribute
of an unspecified tag with an attribute called value (the
ElementPath="/configuration/applicationSettings/RollCall.Properties.Settings
/setting[...@key='project'[\]]/@value" I used earlier).
Can the documentation of ElementPath in the XmlFile\XmlConfig include a
sample of the proper escape sequence...and maybe a link to a XPATH tutorial?
For now I need to test the msi and make sure the command line values are
being set. Thanks for the help, you're a real pro!
-----Original Message-----
From: Blair [mailto:os...@live.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 11:16 AM
To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.'
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] help with error LGHT0204: ICE03:Invalid
formatstring
What do you want your XPath to look like when it reaches the XPath
processor? This attribute goes into a "formatted" field (to allow for
property references) so you have to work backwards from what XML/XPath wants
to give it something that will make it "through the system".
If you want
"/configuration/applicationSettings/RollCall.Properties.Settings/setti...@ke
y='project']/@value"
You must supply
"/configuration/applicationSettings/RollCall.Properties.Settings/setting[\[]
@key='project'[\]]/@value"
What you had in the original message had an extra [ in it.
Second I was asking if that really was the XPath you want. Given the XML
sample you supplied, I expect what you want would be more like
"/configuration/applicationSettings/RollCall.Properties.Settings/setti...@ke
y='project']/value" which would require supplying
"/configuration/applicationSettings/RollCall.Properties.Settings/setting[\[]
@key='project'[\]]/value".
Escaping anything in Windows Installer means
"[\<whatever-you-are-escaping>]", NOT "\<whatever-you-are-escaping>".
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Jokinen [mailto:chr...@directron.us]
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 8:03 AM
To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.'
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] help with error LGHT0204: ICE03: Invalid
formatstring
No good, I tried
"/configuration/applicationSettings/RollCall.Properties.Settings/setti...@ke
y='project']/@value"
...and below, due to the visual studio stating that the square brace HAD to
be escaped (it said this in the documentation as well)...
"/configuration/applicationSettings/RollCall.Properties.Settings/settin...@k
ey='project'\]/@value"
And I still get the error... C:\Documents and Settings\chrisj\My
Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\Roll Call\setup\Product.wxs(16,0):
error LGHT0204: ICE03: Invalid format string; Table: XmlFile, Column:
ElementPath, Key(s): RollCall.exe.config.project
The documentation looks a little light in this subject...is there any source
I can use to read up on this format issue?
-----Original Message-----
From: Blair [mailto:os...@live.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 6:22 PM
To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.'
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] help with error LGHT0204: ICE03: Invalid
formatstring
"/configuration/applicationSettings/RollCall.Properties.Settings/setting[\[]
[...@key='project'[\]]/@value"
Would become:
"/configuration/applicationSettings/RollCall.Properties.Settings/settin...@k
ey='project']/@value"
Except that the repeated "[" char is confusing the formatted syntax parser
since there are "]" chars that follow.
Remove the extraneous "[" in front of the "@key".
At that point, the XPath will look like:
"/configuration/applicationSettings/RollCall.Properties.Settings/setti...@ke
y='project']/@value"
Which means:
The "value" attribute of the "setting" element with an attribute "key" that
is set to the value "project" that is a child of
"RollCall.Properties.Settings" which itself is a child of
"applicationSettings" which itself is a child of the document element named
"configuration". Unless my XPath parsing skills have been temporarily
misguided.
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Jokinen [mailto:chr...@directron.us]
Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 3:25 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] help with error LGHT0204: ICE03: Invalid format string
error LGHT0204: ICE03: Invalid format string; Table: XmlFile, Column:
ElementPath, Key(s): RollCall.exe.config.project
<util:XmlFile Id="RollCall.exe.config.project" Action="setValue"
ElementPath="/configuration/applicationSettings/RollCall.Properties.Settings
/setting[\...@key='project'[\]]/@value"
File="[INSTALLLOCATION]\RollCall.exe.config" Value="[PROJECT]"/>
I have tried setting the ElementPath a few different ways and I am still
missing something.sorry I do not have much experience with xpath.looks
simple enough.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<configSections>
.
</configSections>
<applicationSettings>
<RollCall.Properties.Settings>
<setting name="ip_address" serializeAs="String">
<value>192.168.0.10</value>
</setting>
<setting name="host" serializeAs="String">
<value>www.yahoo.com</value>
</setting>
<setting name="project" serializeAs="String">
<value>yahoo</value>
</setting>
</RollCall.Properties.Settings>
</applicationSettings>
</configuration>
Chris
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