Re: [WiX-users] Setting account info in merge module from MSI dialog

2009-09-03 Thread NateBank
OK I can't explain this one. I put in a property with a default value containing a backslash to see if it would leave that in there or remove it entirely, and... it worked. It filled in the StartName=DOMAIN\username and then appropriately bombed trying to install it with phony credentials. I or

Re: [WiX-users] Setting account info in merge module from MSI dialog

2009-09-03 Thread NateBank
For now I'm going forward on the assumption that we won't be shipping the merge modules, and I came to a similar conclusion last night; I have since changed all the merge modules to wixlibs, and I'm making progress... But I have run into new and exciting roadblocks. The first, which I admit I

Re: [WiX-users] Setting account info in merge module from MSI dialog

2009-09-02 Thread NateBank
I'm re-authoring them from scratch. Currently the merge modules are just a small collection of file components, one of them being the service exe that needs to be registered. The service component looks like so: Blair-2 wrote: > > How that is done really depends on the merge module. W

[WiX-users] Setting account info in merge module from MSI dialog

2009-09-02 Thread NateBank
I'm cutting my teeth on WiX 3 by converting an InstallShield MSI to a proper MSI, and I'm running into a problem with the services merge modules. I have three services, each with their own merge module, that need to be registered with a domain account. I have not been able to figure out how to g