Re: [WiX-users] Question about Properties and Custom Actions

2012-10-05 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
WiX Users Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Question about Properties and Custom Actions Thanks for the replies. > You can use MsiSetTargetPath() in your custom action to update an > existing directory Id. That would more closely model your intent and > requires less code. Good point, that'

Re: [WiX-users] Question about Properties and Custom Actions

2012-10-05 Thread Peter Hull
Thanks for the replies. > You can use MsiSetTargetPath() in your custom action to update an existing > directory Id. That would more closely model your intent and requires less > code. Good point, that's another option. I have been looking at what was done in the WixQueryOsDirs custom action - t

Re: [WiX-users] Question about Properties and Custom Actions

2012-10-04 Thread Christopher Painter
ent: Thursday, October 04, 2012 7:05 AM To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Question about Properties and Custom Actions A secure (think "trusted") property is one that can be passed from the UISequence or command line to the ex

Re: [WiX-users] Question about Properties and Custom Actions

2012-10-04 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
A secure (think "trusted") property is one that can be passed from the UISequence or command line to the execute sequence where presumably it will have some effect on the changes made to the system. Secure properties must be public. A public property is one that is visible to a user and can be chan