I want to define some static information in my WiX package, doesn't matter how - a Property, a WixVariable or even a preprocessor <?define?> variable.
After that, I want to pass that piece of information into the Bundle project, maybe with Burn's Binder Variables. How can I do it?
I need something like:
!(bind.myDefinedInformation.PackageID)
To pass variables to what I assume, in your case, is a Custom BootstrapperApplication you can add a Variable sub-element to your Bundle element inside Bundle.wxs, e.g.:
<Variable Name="USERID" Type="string" Value="user" bal:Overridable="yes" />
Note: with this code you need to add:
xmlns:bal="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/BalExtension"
to your Wix header.
In your BootstrapperApplication code you can the reference this variable like so:
var user = Engine.StringVariables["USERID"];
Or even set it like so:
Engine.StringVariables["USERID"] = "test";
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I am using Wix to make an installer and I was wondering how I indirectly get a property's value.
Like if I have a Property WIXUI_INSTALLDIR that is preset with the INSTALLFOLDER value
<Property Id="WIXUI_INSTALLDIR" Value="INSTALLFOLDER" />
and this Property then is changed through a a Dialog from user input and I after that would want to get what the user changed the path to, how do I get the "value" out of WIXUI_INSTALLDIR ?
I would like to send this value (a string I suppose) to either the registry or a custom action.
If I try [WIXUI_INSTALLDIR] I get a warning for illegal indirection if used with a custom action and if I try to send it to registry it just becomes "[WIXUI_INSTALLDIR]" as a string.
EDIT:
My problem is when also using my own made up properties like this:
Property Id="MyOwnProperty" Value="Hello There"
and let's say a Dialogue changes the value of MyOwnProperty, how do I the access the new Value ? Like sending [MyOwnProperty] to a CustomAction as parameter will only get "[MyOwnProperty]" as a literal string.
Try getting the value of the Property (or Directory) that WIXUI_INSTALLDIR references. In this case, use [INSTALLFOLDER] in the formatted field where you'd like the value.
I'm currently implementing a wix(3.8) installer and the main MSI is merged with several other merge modules. I'm taking a user input during the installation and I store it in a global property called PORT like this.
In the MSI
<Property Id='PORT' Value="1">
I need to access this property value inside a condition in my merge module to edit a XML file if that condition is true. So I passed this property to the merge module as a configuration like this.
In MSI
<ConfigurationData Name="PROTOCOL" Value="[PORT]" />
In MSM
<Property Id="protocol"/>
<Configuration Name="PROTOCOL" Format="Text" DefaultValue="[protocol]"/>
<Substitution Table='CustomAction' Row='SetProtocol' Column='Target' Value='[=PROTOCOL]'/>
<CustomAction Id='SetProtocol' Property='protocol' Value='[protocol]'/>
I used the value of the property "protocol" inside my condition as below but the condition never executes.
<Condition>protocol = 1</Condition>
I tried by appending the property id with the merge module's GUID as well like this and accessing that property "NEWPORT" inside the condition. but didn't success.
<Property Id='NEWPORT' Value='[protocol.8c2910c9-5694-4312-a4cc-c9b2c2a5caa5]'/>
What would be the reason for this ? Can someone please tell me the way to access the property value in MSI within Merge module's condition element.
Thanks in advance.
I Just want to read a name from a file or read from command line after creating installer file.
I have defined a Macro in my MainProject.wxs file as
< ?define product = "xyz"?>
And I am reading the Macro "product" as follows,
< Registry Action="write"
Id="RegistryEntryId"
Name="InstallDir"
Key="Software\$(var.product)\MyOwnName"
Root="HKLM"
Type="string"
Value="[INSTALLPATH]"
KeyPath="yes"/>
on build time.
But I want to define and read this "product" on runtime after the installer is created, so that I can change the product name according to the file content on runtime, any suggestions would be helpful.
Thanks in Advance.
A macro is handled by a preprocessor. What you request is a variable that can be changed at runtime. You need to use a property.
<Property Id="PROJECTNAME">xyz</Property>
This property can be changed at runtime.
You read the property like this:
[PROJECTNAME]
There are different ways of changing the property. You could do that in a custom action.
One of my goals in creating the bootstrap project is to set a default log location. I would like the location to be based on the local app data folder. I cannot figure out how to reference the builtin Burn variable LocalAppDataFolder. I have found information about how to reference these variables in code, but not in the xml.
The reference to the property looks like this:
<MsiPackage SourceFile="MyInstaller.msi" LogPathVariable="[LogLocation]" />
The property is set like this:
<Variable Name="LogLocation" Value="[LocalAppDataFolder]MyLogFolder\Setup" Type="string"/>
The log output shows:
Initializing string variable 'LogLocation' to value
'[LocalAppDataFolder]MyLogFolder\Setup'
What am I missing to resolve [LocalAppDataFolder] ?
thanks in advance.
It's normal for the log output to show the un-formatted value, so that part looks correct. I think what you are missing is LogPathVariable should be specified without the brackets.
<MsiPackage SourceFile="MyInstaller.msi" LogPathVariable="LogLocation" />
I have a wix property
<Property Id="VAR1" Value="aValue" />
And i want to send this value into my Extension method
<Property Id="TEST" Value="$(extension.GetResult(VAR1)" />
I want to send the value aValue into the GetResult method, but cant seem to find
the correct syntax to convert VAR1 to 'aValue'
The extension is a preprocessor extension and the Property VAR1 will get set via the user interface...
Properties are only available at runtime, other than by parsing source itself.