Re: [WiX-users] avoiding GUID decoration in merge module property name

2010-11-16 Thread Alan Sinclair
- From: Christopher Painter [mailto:chr...@deploymentengineering.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 5:31 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] avoiding GUID decoration in merge module property name Once again, here's another post below  that di

Re: [WiX-users] avoiding GUID decoration in merge module property name

2010-11-16 Thread Christopher Painter
o: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Sent: Mon, November 15, 2010 8:56:44 PM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] avoiding GUID decoration in merge module property name Define the property with the SuppressModularization attribute and no value attribute in the merge module.  You won

Re: [WiX-users] avoiding GUID decoration in merge module property name

2010-11-15 Thread Rob Mensching
Property/@SuppressModularization documentation says: SuppressModularization YesNoType Use to suppress modularization of this property identifier in merge modules. Using this functionality is strongly discouraged; it should only be necessary as a workaround of last resort in rare scenarios. On M

[WiX-users] avoiding GUID decoration in merge module property name

2010-11-15 Thread Alan Sinclair
I need to set a property "MYSPECIALDATA" in a merge module, but the property name cannot have a guid appended because MYSPECIALDATA is read later by the consuming MSI (which doesn't know guids). Is there any way this can be done in WiX 3? I'd like to use a type 51 custom action to set the prop