Ryan is correct. The CustomActionData is the Value from the
CustomAction. We pass parameters to many of our functions. In this
example it is Jscript, but no huge difference between that and VBScript
other than you use VBScriptCall. Note the Value has the comma
delimiters. This is in turn used in the Script to parse the parameters.
<CustomAction Id="AddComboLoanNodeInitialize"
Property="AddComboLoanNode"
Value="[E3CONTAINERDIR]web.config,ComboLoanMenu,Financing Package,0,0"
/>
<CustomAction Id="AddComboLoanNode" Execute="deferred"
BinaryKey="EditConfigFilesJs" JScriptCall="AddAppSettings" />
Jscript function. Note the commented out line is used when debugging the
script OUTSIDE of the installer. Handy to use prior to incorporating
into the installer. The comma is used to split the parameters back out
for the function to utilize.
function AddAppSettings()
{
var sData = Session.Property("CustomActionData");
//var sData = ".\\wrd.web.config,FontName2,test2,1";
var vParams = sData.split(",");
var sWebConfig = vParams[0];
var sKeyName = vParams[1];
var sKeyValue = vParams[2];
var bCommented = vParams[3];
var bOverride = 1; // controls if the key value is overriden
if (vParams.length > 4){
bOverride = vParams[4];
}
SNIP
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To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.'
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WiX-users Digest, Vol 26, Issue 155 Message: 5
Check down the page (look for 'parameters' or 'CustomActionData').
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> 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
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> Alex has a good write-up on this here
>
http://blogs.technet.com/alexshev/archive/2008/07/01/from-msi-to-wix-par
t-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)?
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