Yes, if neither transforms nor command line parameters work for you, I guess a custom action that reads from an INI file for instance to set the properties would be the way to go.
-- Stefan Krueger Microsoft Windows Installer MVP Please post your questions in the newsgroup or vist one of these web sites: Windows Installer FAQ http://www.msifaq.com - http://www.msifaq.de InstallSite - Resources for Setup Developers http://www.installsite.org http://www.installsite.de (GERMAN) "Carl Quirion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks Mr. Krueger, Ive played with Transforms most of this morning. Sadly, since every installation will be different (my installer actually installs 3 products), a "generic" Transform file is not possible, and i cant ask my customers to learn how to make their own transform files. Transform files, while not being really hard to understand, requires too much tinkering OR the use of expensive tools (AdminStudio...). Sadly, i cant ask my customer to produce such transforms as part of our installation process. And i cant ship a template to my customer, since its a binary file that requires an editor like Orca. Passing info thru the command line seems a bit impractical too as i will have a serial number, list of installed products, database connection infos (for licensing purpose). Having a flat-textfile answer file would be the best option for me. So, i guess what are you are saying is that i will have to go ahead and code the whole thing in an CustomAction ?? Thanks On 2/20/07, Stefan Krueger [MVP] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: User input is stored in properties. If these are public properties (in all upper case) and listed in the SecureCustomProperties property you can set them on the command line. If you prefer a "response file" like solution, a transform could store the property values. -- Stefan Krueger Microsoft Windows Installer MVP Please post your questions in the newsgroup or vist one of these web sites: Windows Installer FAQ http://www.msifaq.com - http://www.msifaq.de InstallSite - Resources for Setup Developers http://www.installsite.org http://www.installsite.de (GERMAN) "Carl Quirion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ... Hi, I'm currently trying to figure out how to provide my MSI installer with an answer file. This answer file would be used for unattended setups, so that users of my application are able to deploy it thru their active directory's GPO. How would i pass this file to the msi. Are there existing mechanism that will automatically do what i want to do, or do i have to code it. If i have to code it, would i need a "custom" action DLL ? Or is there a way to use InstallExecuteSequence and specify which "field" of my text file goes into which "field" of my setup ? Thanks, -- Carl Quirion [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net 's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Carl Quirion [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
