Dane, MSI does not support passing parameters to custom actions (not even C++ custom actions). Options here may include using properties or using custom tables. So, the answer to your question is - yes, you need to have wrapper functions which will extract parameters from the storage of your choice (properties, custom tables, external files, etc) and then calling provided to you functions.
Regards, Alex Shevchuk -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dane Anderson (Volt) Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 9:36 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WiX-users Digest, Vol 26, Issue 155 Message: 5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote > Message: 5 > Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:13:11 +0100 > From: "Ryan O'Neill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Passing parameters to a VB Script function > Via the VBScriptCall attribute > To: "'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.'" > <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Alex has a good write-up on this here > http://blogs.technet.com/alexshev/archive/2008/07/01/from-msi-to-wix-part-19-the-art-of-custom-action-part-1.aspx You are correct, that is a good write up on using VBScriptCall in a custom action, but it does NOT address my problem. In all of his examples (which I read yesterday), NONE of his functions have any parameters. I have been handed (and told to use) VB Script functions like: ' Execute a given command and route console output ' to the MSI log. Function Exec(cmd) ... and ' Write a message to the MSI log. Function LogInfo(msg) ... and ' Get the value of a property defined in the MSI. Function GetProperty(name) ... I need to pass cmd into the function Exec, and msg into LogInfo, and name into GetProperty as parameters (not properties). Is there a way to do that within Wix? Or, do I need to create a workaround (put the parameters into properties, and a flag as to which function to call into another and call a wrapper function that pulls the parameters out of the properties, and then calls the proper function with the proper parameters)? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
