Re: [WiX-users] Xpath Expression

2015-03-17 Thread roberthyang
custom actions are written in managed code. > > ___ > FireGiant | Dedicated support for the WiX toolset | > http://www.firegiant.com/ > > -Original Message- > From: roberthyang [mailto: > robert_yang@ > ] > Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 12

Re: [WiX-users] Xpath Expression

2015-03-17 Thread Phill Hogland
I think maybe the core issue is described here , with respect to XPath functions. I think the suggestion to use the XML reader code that works to get the whole string and then process that property in some way is a good

Re: [WiX-users] Xpath Expression

2015-03-17 Thread Nir Bar
I've added support for XPath expressions in PanelSwWixExtension However trying with substring-before and substring-after doesn't work though other XPath expressions do. I think the issue is with MSXML not supporting these functions or require

Re: [WiX-users] Xpath Expression

2015-03-17 Thread Davis, Jeff
ve seen of writing a custom action to read a value from an XML file are both implemented in C++ and not a single C# example? -Original Message- From: roberthyang [mailto:robert_y...@agilent.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 12:32 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-us

Re: [WiX-users] Xpath Expression

2015-03-17 Thread Davis, Jeff
Just a MSI The XML file is installed by the setup. -Original Message- From: Phill Hogland [mailto:phogl...@rimage.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 12:49 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Xpath Expression I really can't do much to help at this time

Re: [WiX-users] Xpath Expression

2015-03-17 Thread Rob Mensching
: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 12:32 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Xpath Expression When developing a custom action, it's usually a good idea to try the important logic in something easier to debug first, like a console app. Trying to debug both the custom action

Re: [WiX-users] Xpath Expression

2015-03-17 Thread Phill Hogland
I really can't do much to help at this time, but a couple of question might help clarify the concern Are you using a Bundle, or just an msi? If using a Bundle, WixStdBA or managed? Is the xml file already on the system, or is it installed by your setup? -- View this message in context: http://

Re: [WiX-users] Xpath Expression

2015-03-17 Thread roberthyang
When developing a custom action, it's usually a good idea to try the important logic in something easier to debug first, like a console app. Trying to debug both the custom action stuff AND the application-specific logic at the same time can be daunting otherwise, not to mention time-consuming. I

Re: [WiX-users] Xpath Expression

2015-03-17 Thread Davis, Jeff
I never saw a single response to this? jeff -Original Message- From: Davis, Jeff [mailto:jda...@nanometrics.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2015 12:58 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Xpath Expression I am trying to get this Custom Action project working with my