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> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Arnette, Bill > Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 11:02 AM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Property name to be used in MsiGetProperty > > Your CAs are all deferred so there is a very small subset of > properties > you can get with MsiGetProperty. Parameters are passed to deferred > custom actions in a property called CustomActionData. To set > CustomActionData, you have to use another custom action to set a > property with the same name as the deferred custom action to a string > with the value(s) you want to pass to the custom action. If you have > multiple data items you need to pass, you will need to pass > them like a > command line that your CA code will parse > > > <Property Id="CA_Arguments2" Value="1" /> > <!-- This CA sets a property that matches the name of the CA > to which we > want to > pass data (CA2). Here we are setting the property with a switch > and an > argument/value pair --> > <CustomAction Id="SetCustomActionDataForCA2" Return="check" > Property="CA2" Value="/switch1 /arg2=value2" /> > > <!-- CAFunction2 will get the CA2 property by using "CustomActionData" > in the > MsiGetProperty() call and parse the returned string like > a command > line > to retrieve the two arguments --> > <CustomAction Id="CA2" Execute="deferred" Return="check" > BinaryKey="mycustom.dll" DllEntry="CAFunction2" > HideTarget="no"/> > > <InstallExecuteSequence> > <Custom Action="SetCustomActionDataForCA2" Before="CA2" /> > <Custom Action="CA2" After="InstallInitialize" /> > </InstallExecuteSequence> > > Then in CAFunction2() retrieve CustomActionData with: > MsiGetProperty (hInstall, L"CustomActionData", szActionData, > &dwActionData); > > CAFunction2 will have to parse szActionData like a commandline to > retrieve the arguments. > > > > > > > <Custom Action="CA_SetProperty2" After="SomeOtherCA">< > somecondition > > >> </Custom> > > > <Custom Action="CA2" After="CA_SetProperty2">< somecondition > > ></Custom> > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > Pallavi Patrutkar > > Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 6:01 AM > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Cc: Rob Hamflett > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Property name to be used in MsiGetProperty > > > > I wrote the code according to the sample given in online MSDN doc. > > > > So, you have to call MsiGetProperty() method twice. > > In 1st call, you get the length of the actual value, passed as a 4th > > parameter of MsiGetProperty() and return value comes as > > ERROR_MORE_DATA > > which is correct according to doc. > > In 2nd call, you have to pass this length as 4th parameter > and for 3rd > > parameter, construct a string array with the size as above > length +1. > > This call returns ERROR_SUCCESS, which is also according to the doc. > > > > So, I am wondering whether I am using the correct string as a 2nd > > parameter to MsiGetProperty() or not. > > > > Can you tell me if there is any problem in this call as I > > have mentioned > > in my previous email? > > > > Regards, > > Pallavi. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob > > Hamflett > > Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 4:17 PM > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Property name to be used in MsiGetProperty > > > > Ah, OK. It just wasn't clear from your first post. What's > the return > > value for MsiGetProperty? > > > > Rob > > > > Pallavi Patrutkar wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I have a customaction and property as defined below in WIX file > > > > > > > > > > > > <Property Id="CA_Arguments1" Value="1" /> > > > <CustomAction Id=" CA_SetProperty1" Return="check" > > > Property="CA_Arguments1" Value="<somecommand1>" /> > > > <CustomAction Id="CA1" Execute="deferred" Return="check" > > > BinaryKey="mycustom.dll" DllEntry="CAFunction1" HideTarget="no"/> > > > > > > <Property Id="CA_Arguments2" Value="1" /> > > > <CustomAction Id=" CA_SetProperty2" Return="check" > > > Property="CA_Arguments2" Value="<somecommand2>" /> > > > <CustomAction Id="CA2" Execute="deferred" Return="check" > > > BinaryKey="mycustom.dll" DllEntry="CAFunction2" > > > HideTarget="no"/> > > > > > > > > > <Custom Action="CA_SetProperty1" After=" SomeOtherCA">< > > somecondition > > >> </Custom> > > > <Custom Action="CA1" > > After="CA_SetProperty1"><somecondition></Custom> > > > <Custom Action="CA_SetProperty2" After="SomeOtherCA">< > somecondition > > >> </Custom> > > > <Custom Action="CA2" After="CA_SetProperty2">< somecondition > > ></Custom> > > > ----------------------------------- > > > I am calling method in C++ source file as below - > > > > > > MsiGetProperty (hInstall, L"CA_Arguments1", szActionData, > > > &dwActionData); > > > MsiGetProperty (hInstall, L"CA_Arguments2", szActionData, > > > &dwActionData); > > > > > > But, I am getting dwActionData value as zero. And I nowhere > > got in any > > > documentation that which string from the above WIX code > > should be used > > > as 2nd argument for the above method. So, I am just > > wondering whether > > I > > > am using correct string or not. > > > > > > Please help. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Pallavi. > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob > > > Hamflett > > > Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 2:33 PM > > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Property name to be used in > MsiGetProperty > > > > > > How are you passing a custom value to your DLL? I > thought that you > > > could only receive a handle to > > > the MSI package. Are you sure the property name in the DLL is > > correct? > > > > > > Rob > > > > > > Pallavi Patrutkar wrote: > > >> Hello, > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> I am trying to pass a property to a method in a DLL. But > I am not > > >> getting the actual property value in my DLL through > MsiGetProperty. > > >> > > >> It returns the length of parameter as zero. But still > > method returns > > >> successfully. > > >> > > >> Can you tell me exactly which string from WXS file > should I pass to > > > this > > >> method as a 2^nd parameter to get the correct property value? > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Thank you, > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Regards, > > >> > > >> Pallavi. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---------- > > >> > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---------- > > > - > > >> Using Tomcat but need to do more? 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