Should have thought of this the first time. USERNAME is a built-in property. There is even a NOUSERNAME property. I suggest checking out the MSI SDK.<unk<unk-----Original Message-----<unkFrom: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stuart A. Malone<unkSent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 13:57<unkTo: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net<unkSubject: Re: [WiX-users] Localized [USERNAME] string expanded at build time?<unk<unk<unkOn Jan 4, 2007, at 3:38 PM, Rob Mensching wrote:<unk<unk> [USERNAME] should evaluate to whatever you set that Property to at<unk> runtime or hard coded into the Property table.<unk<unkThat's just the problem. I'm not setting the property at runtime,<unkand it isn't in my Property table.<unk<unkHowever, the problem isn't in WiX, either. I used Orca to examine<unkthe MSI file generated by WiX, and the radio button still has<unk[USERNAME] there in the string. So I was wrong about WiX expanding<unkt he property at build time. I also checked the Property table to<unkmake sure there wasn't any entry for USERNAME.<unk<unkI ran my installer with logging turned on, and got this very near the<unkbeginning:<unk<unkMSI (c) (20:08) [16:12:23:163]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding USERNAME<unkproperty. Its value is 'Stuart A. Malone'.<unk<unkThe problem is that at the time I was logged in as the admin user<unk"Testing". This was followed a few lines later by:<unk<unkMSI (c) (20:08) [16:12:23:173]: Doing action: INSTALL<unkAction start 16:12:23: INSTALL.<unkMSI (c) (20:08) [16:12:23:173]: UI Sequence table 'InstallUISequence'<unkis present and populated.<unkMSI (c) (20:08) [16:12:23:173]: Running UISequence<unk<unkSo as far as I can tell, USERNAME is being set before my UISequence<unkis being called, which I assume means that it's being set incorrectly<unkby MSI itself.<unk<unkI have no idea why MSI would be using my name rather than the name of<unkthe current logged-in user. Perhaps MS I is setting USERNAME to the<unkname registered in the System control panel, rather than the name of<unkthe current logged in user. I'm on XP SP 2, and user switching is<unkdisabled.<unk<unkAny thoughts on this problem? If I can't resolve it, I'll probably<unkjust eliminate the [USERNAME] string from the localization file, on<unkthe grounds that in code, as often in life, it's better to be silent<unkthan be wrong.<unk<unk<unkBest wishes,<unk<unk--Stuart A. Malone<unk Llamagraphics, Inc.<unk Makers of Life Balance personal coaching software<unk http://www.llamagraphics.com/<unk<unk<unk<unk-------------------------------------------------------------------------<unkTake Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT<unkJoin SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your<unkopinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash<unkhttp://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV<unk_______________________ ________________________<unkWiX-users mailing list<[EMAIL PROTECTED]<unkhttps://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users<unk
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