Re: [WiX-users] Passing properties to merge modules

2013-06-19 Thread David Watson
15:26 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Passing properties to merge modules Okay if I change the Configuration format to Text then the projects all build and it seems to work. So it does not seem to like it if the format is Integer? So this will work for now as I did not

Re: [WiX-users] Passing properties to merge modules

2013-06-19 Thread TimM
Okay if I change the Configuration format to Text then the projects all build and it seems to work. So it does not seem to like it if the format is Integer? So this will work for now as I did not need this value to actually be integer so it works fine as Text, but if if a value actually needs to b

Re: [WiX-users] Passing properties to merge modules

2013-06-19 Thread TimM
When I add the = in the Substitution line: The my install build fails with the following: light.exe(0,0): error LGHT0001: Encountered an unexpected merge error of type 'msmErrorDataRequestFailed' for which there is currently no error message to display. More information about the merge and the f

Re: [WiX-users] Passing properties to merge modules

2013-06-19 Thread David Watson
wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Passing properties to merge modules Okay I am trying this out and I can not seem to get it working. We are using WiX 3.7 and all it seems to do is delete the property. Maybe I am missing something really easy and it is just escaping me. Here is w

Re: [WiX-users] Passing properties to merge modules [P]

2013-06-18 Thread Steven Ogilvie
a lot... Steve -Original Message- From: TimM [mailto:timmay...@smarttech.com] Sent: June-18-13 6:00 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Passing properties to merge modules Okay I am trying this out and I can not seem to get it working. We are using WiX 3.7 and a

Re: [WiX-users] Passing properties to merge modules

2013-06-18 Thread TimM
Okay I am trying this out and I can not seem to get it working. We are using WiX 3.7 and all it seems to do is delete the property. Maybe I am missing something really easy and it is just escaping me. Here is what I have: In Merge Module:

Re: [WiX-users] Passing properties to merge modules

2010-08-13 Thread Ryszard Boryna
While that works perfectly, it wasn't what I was after, but interesting nonetheless, so thanks. In the end after a further day of head-scratching I realised that I didn't fully understand what was going on in the merge process and was expecting too much. Revisting an example I realised that I nee

Re: [WiX-users] Passing properties to merge modules

2010-08-12 Thread bpackard
Not certain that this is exactly what you are looking for, if you are actually attempting to update the directory table (based on the MY_DIRECTORY property listed), then this may help. ... The property SHORTCUTFOLDER is generated in the MSI and becomes the parent directo

[WiX-users] Passing properties to merge modules

2010-08-12 Thread Ryszard Boryna
I'm trying to pass property values from an MSI to a merge module (MSM). In the MSM I have the following: And in the MSI I have: When I run the compiled installer, the value of the property in the MSM is being altered, but it's set to the string [MY_DIRECTORY], i.e. it lo