Re: [WiX-users] Custom MBA, adding extra metadata to the Bootstrapper Application Data

2012-07-06 Thread Bob Arnson
On 06-Jul-12 12:25, Rob Mensching wrote: > We cheated for a long time with the wixstdba by using WixVariables before > finally creating the "pretty face". Looking back, we should have done it > earlier. Because now we're stuck with WixVariables. If you do it right from the beginning, it's a great

Re: [WiX-users] Custom MBA, adding extra metadata to the Bootstrapper Application Data

2012-07-06 Thread Rob Mensching
that you already have a custom > BootstrapperApplication setup, so the intent would be to include the table > data there and then referencing the BA would pull in the table. > > > > Jacob > > > > -Original Message- > > From: jimitndiaye [mailto:[hidden email]] &

Re: [WiX-users] Custom MBA, adding extra metadata to the Bootstrapper Application Data

2012-07-06 Thread jimitndiaye
> BA would pull in the table. > > Jacob > > -Original Message- > From: jimitndiaye [mailto:[hidden email]] > Sent: Friday, July 06, 2012 10:00 AM > To: [hidden email] > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom MBA, adding extra metadata to the > Bootstrapper Applica

Re: [WiX-users] Custom MBA, adding extra metadata to the Bootstrapper Application Data

2012-07-06 Thread Hoover, Jacob
nt: Friday, July 06, 2012 10:00 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom MBA, adding extra metadata to the Bootstrapper Application Data I suspected it might have something to do fragment references. No I don't have any Refs in those fragments (I was trying to pre

Re: [WiX-users] Custom MBA, adding extra metadata to the Bootstrapper Application Data

2012-07-06 Thread jimitndiaye
AM > To: [hidden email] > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom MBA, adding extra metadata to the > Bootstrapper Application Data > > For some reason this isn't working for me. I have a bundle with several > custom tables defined in separate fragments (all of them with > B

Re: [WiX-users] Custom MBA, adding extra metadata to the Bootstrapper Application Data

2012-07-06 Thread Hoover, Jacob
riday, July 06, 2012 6:49 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom MBA, adding extra metadata to the Bootstrapper Application Data For some reason this isn't working for me. I have a bundle with several custom tables defined in separate fragments (all of

Re: [WiX-users] Custom MBA, adding extra metadata to the Bootstrapper Application Data

2012-07-06 Thread jimitndiaye
For some reason this isn't working for me. I have a bundle with several custom tables defined in separate fragments (all of them with BootstrapperApplicationData="yes"). None of them are being written to the BootstrapperApplicationData.xml file. -- View this message in context: http://windows-ins

Re: [WiX-users] Custom MBA, adding extra metadata to the Bootstrapper Application Data

2012-05-26 Thread Rob Mensching
You just add rows to a table that has BootstrapperApplicationData="yes". The Binder will translate all those rows into the BootstrapperapplicationData.xml in the Bundle. On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 2:12 PM, Hoover, Jacob wrote: > Has anyone tried with success to allow dynamic metadata to be included

Re: [WiX-users] Custom MBA, adding extra metadata to the Bootstrapper Application Data

2012-05-25 Thread Hoover, Jacob
Thanks Rob, it really was that easy. -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 2:22 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom MBA, adding extra metadata to the Bootstrapper

Re: [WiX-users] Custom MBA, adding extra metadata to the Bootstrapper Application Data

2012-05-25 Thread Rob Mensching
You just add rows to a table that has BootstrapperApplicationData="yes". The Binder will translate all those rows into BootstrapperApplicationData.xml. I feel like I missed some complexity in your situation. On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 2:12 PM, Hoover, Jacob wrote: > Has anyone tried with success to

[WiX-users] Custom MBA, adding extra metadata to the Bootstrapper Application Data

2012-05-24 Thread Hoover, Jacob
Has anyone tried with success to allow dynamic metadata to be included in a custom managed bootstrapper application? I see how the BalExtension is doing it via CustomTable and Row elements. I was hoping for a means to inject arbitrary data into the application data per project using the same MBA. (