Re: [WiX-users] string replacement in xml files

Fri, 15 Sep 2006 14:23:50 -0700

I do something quite similar as well.   We use nant for our builds, and in the build file I set an environment variable,  then use it in the wix file.  Src="" I wasn’t able to use the var. for some reason I had to set the variable to an environment variable before I could access it.

 

So in the build file I have:

<setenv>

                        <variable name="INSTALLATION" value="${Installation}" />

            </setenv>

 

Then in the wxs file I have:

<Component Id="ComponentID" DiskId="1" Guid="guid">

        <File Id="fileid" Name="short_1.DLL" LongName="filename.dll" src="" ReadOnly="no" />

      </Component>  

 

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Crouch, John
Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 1:20 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Cc: Simon Burgess
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] string replacement in xml files

 

Simon,

I have a very similar issue for an enterprise deployment next year.  I am currently using an .ini file which keeps all data for all the deployment locations by computer name (which I know in advance).

[NY-SRV-01]

This-web-config=127.0.0.1

This-exe-config=127.0.0.2

 

[SF-SRV-02]

This-web-config=721.0.0.1

This-exe-config=721.0.0.2

 

Then in my WiX generated msi I

  1. Look into the registry for the computer name – assign that to a value
  2. Look up the computer name matching the previous value in my *.ini file
  3. Read off the values that this particular msi requires.
  4. Use XMLFile to update the key values in my web and app config files.

 

Works fine, however, I am open to any suggestions to improve it.

 


Kind regards,
National Oilwell Varco

John Crouch
Software Engineer/Developer

National Oilwell Norway AS
Phone: +4751818181
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Simon Burgess
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 10:48 PM
To: 'WiX-users'
Subject: [WiX-users] string replacement in xml files

 

I am looking into different ways to handle environment specific information in web.config files. It would seem logical if at deployment time, my installer could determine where it is being run and update a generic config file so that is fit for purpose for the environment it is being run on. I wouldn’t need to create new elements exactly but just search for partular tokens within an xml file and replace them with a value I read in from the registry for example. The following is some sample xml from a config file:

 

<endpoint address="http://localhost/Configuration/ConfigurationService.svc" binding="basicHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="BasicHttpBinding_IConfigurationService" contract="Exchange.EnterpriseLibrary.Configuration.IConfigurationService" name="BasicHttpBinding_IConfigurationService"/>

I would need to replace ‘localhost’ with something more appropriate. Is this something the XMLFile element could handle or is there something else in WiX that could help out?

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