Re: [WiX-users] Question about a custom action that calls a DllEntry point - which tries to use MsiGetProperty

action. >> >> Afterward you should be able to access the value through the "virtual" >> property called CustomActionData. >> >> Kind Regards, >> Fabio Di Lorenzo >> >> On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 3:26 AM, Dave DaveLists >> wrote: >> >&

[WiX-users] Question about a custom action that calls a DllEntry point - which tries to use MsiGetProperty

(Wix 3.5) I have an installer that places a DLL in the installed program's directory and which we call into to do some custom twiddling at the end of the install. A bit like this: WixUI_InstallMode="" This has been working great. Inside the function "InitializeTheProduct" function i

Re: [WiX-users] Question about using XmlFile (WixUtilExtension.dll in general, actually)

Hi Bob, Thanks for the thought. I checked this out when I started having trouble, actually, along with removing the reference and putting it back in manually. But it is indeed present on the command line. -Dave On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 6:03 AM, Bob Arnson wrote: >  On 27-Aug-10 13:53, D

Re: [WiX-users] Question about using XmlFile (WixUtilExtension.dll in general, actually)

t's "fun" to try and track down. Thanks... On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 6:52 PM, James Kessler wrote: > Are you referencing the dll in your Visual Studio project? > > > On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 3:29 PM, Dave DaveLists wrote: > >> Thanks for the response Chad. I do

Re: [WiX-users] Question about using XmlFile (WixUtilExtension.dll in general, actually)

ma-instance"; > xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi"; > xmlns:util="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension";> > > -Original Message- > From: Dave DaveLists [mailto:dbfli...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 8:50 AM

Re: [WiX-users] Question about using XmlFile (WixUtilExtension.dll in general, actually)

Thanks, -Dave On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 6:16 PM, Bob Arnson wrote: >  On 24-Aug-10 21:00, Dave DaveLists wrote: >> we expected to be able to reference XmlFile using util:XmlFile but >> this is failing at compile time. > > It might help if you described how it was failing... &

[WiX-users] Question about using XmlFile (WixUtilExtension.dll in general, actually)

Hello all, We are trying to connect up XmlFile functions to our installer and had some interesting problems. Adding a reference to the DLL to the project and including a namespace in the wxs file - using something like xmlns:util="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension"; we expected to b

Re: [WiX-users] Question about the installer directory

erent directory). SourceDir, though, is what I think I want, unless someone has warnings about what SourceDir is? My logs suggest it is exactly what I need but that was just from one example run. Thanks, Dave On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 12:20 PM, Dave DaveLists wrote: > Hello, > > I've be

[WiX-users] Question about install directory rights - shared directories

Hello, I have another question as well: is there a way to make it possible to install into a shared directory? I have searched around for information on this and found a few references but haven't found a full answer. One post said it seemed the Windows Installer simply doesn't all this but I coul

[WiX-users] Question about the installer directory

Hello, I've been searching around and have failed to find the answer to this question: During an install I need to know the directory in which the installer is running (not where the program is being installed to, the directory where the actual MSI is running from). Is this possible? I was hoping