Re: [WiX-users] Conditions on - how do Imake it dependent on a

2011-02-11 Thread Jamie Thomson
Sorry, please ignore. I was making this much more difficult than it had to be. This seems to be what I want: &DbFeature=3 Hopefully will help someone who might one day search for this anyway!!! JamieT -Original Message- From: Jamie Thomson Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 5:15 P

[WiX-users] Conditions on - how do I make it dependent on a

2011-02-11 Thread Jamie Thomson
Hi, I am attempting to customise my installer dialogs. I have a that prompts for a database instance name - but I only want to display the Dialog if the user has opted to install On the previous I have this: [CDATA[(&DbFeature=3)]] This is giving an error: Entity 'DbFeature' not defined.

Re: [WiX-users] Are thereanyknownproblems with XPathexpressions in custom action?

2011-02-09 Thread Jamie Thomson
You simply need to use double-backslashes in the right way (no square-brackets). So your XmlFile node should look like: I've tested this and it works. (on 3.5 Release version) -----Original Message- From: Jamie Thomson [mailto:ja...@jamie-thomson.net] Sent: 09 February 2011 08:51 To: Gener

Re: [WiX-users] Are there any knownproblems with XPathexpressions in custom action?

2011-02-09 Thread Jamie Thomson
in custom action? Your Xpath is very wrong then. I'll send you the updated path based on what you sent when I get back to my computer. On Feb 8, 2011, at 12:56, "Jamie Thomson" wrote: > ?Sorry Pierson...that XML Snippet was slightly wrong (I'm not at home and > have

Re: [WiX-users] Are there any known problems with XPathexpressions in custom action?

2011-02-08 Thread Jamie Thomson
Executor.dtsx' where your xml file has SSIS:Name = 'Package.dtsx' . it uses the ElementPath to find the exact node you want to change. Try this: -Original Message- From: Jamie Thomson [mailto:ja...@jamie-thomson.net] Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 12:04 PM To:

Re: [WiX-users] Are there any known problems with XPath expressions in custom action?

2011-02-08 Thread Jamie Thomson
= "..\SSIS\GlobalExecutor.dtsx" in the SSIS:Package element. Can you copy that block from your xml file you are attempting to edit so we can see a comparison? -Original Message- From: Jamie Thomson [mailto:ja...@jamie-thomson.net] Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 7:03 AM To: General

[WiX-users] Are there any known problems with XPath expressions in custom action?

2011-02-08 Thread Jamie Thomson
?Hi all, I am trying to use custom action to replace an attribute value in an XML file. I have used an external tool to validate that my XPath query is correct but I get an error: Failed to find node "/Project/DeploymentModelSpecificContent/Manifest/SSIS:Project/SSIS:Packages/SSIS:Package[@SSI

Re: [WiX-users] Using a Value inside

2011-02-07 Thread Jamie Thomson
in square brackets to use them? So: > > > > But that seems too easy so I'm probably wrong! > > > -Original Message- > From: Jamie Thomson [mailto:ja...@jamie-thomson.net] > Sent: 07 February 2011 16:29 > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject:

[WiX-users] Using a Value inside

2011-02-07 Thread Jamie Thomson
(i.e. WIXUI_SYSTEMSHORTNAME.SSIS.dtproj)? In other words, how do I reference the value inside my property? Thanks in advance for any help that anyone can offer. Regards Jamie Thomson -- The modern datacenter depends on