The workaround mentioned in the bug you supplied the link to works around my problem nicely. Thanks for the heads-up.
________________________________ From: Meyer, Shawn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue 8/12/2008 12:21 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: Evans, Jim Subject: RE: WiX-users Digest, Vol 27, Issue 36 I saw an old bug similar to your problem here http://osdir.com/ml/windows.devel.wix.devel/2006-07/msg00017.html There is a suggested work around that may help diagnose if the xpath is parsed due to the brackets. A work around to avoid this bug is to use a property for the XPath value. So if your WXS file is: <XmlFile ... ElementPath='//[EMAIL PROTECTED]"third"\]'/> You can use alternatively: <Property Id="THIRDNODE">[EMAIL PROTECTED]"third"]</Property> <XmlFile ... ElementPath='//add[THIRDNODE]'/> Using this work around, the Xml node is correctly processed by WiX. Let us know what you find. Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:35:03 -0400 From: "Evans, Jim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [WiX-users] XmlConfig XPath problem To: <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I'm having a problem writing a value to an XML file using XmlConfig (WiX 3.0.4401). Here is a model XML file with the structure I have: <configuration> <myComponent> <section name="DatabaseSettings"> <Default server="foo" database="bar"/> </section> <section name="MoreSettings"> ... </section> </myComponent> </configuration> I need to set the server attribute of the Default element. Here is my WiX code for XmlConfig: <util:XmlConfig Id="WriteServerConfigValue" Action="create" On="install" Node="value" ElementPath="/configuration/myComponent/[EMAIL PROTECTED]'DatabaseConnec tions'[\]]/Default" VerifyPath="/configuration/myComponent/[EMAIL PROTECTED]'DatabaseConnect ions'[\]]/Default" Name="server" Value="[CORRECTDATABASESERVER]" File="[#MyXmlConfigFile]" Sequence="1" /> When I try to run the resulting .msi, I receive an error that says "Failed to find node: /configuration/myComponent/[EMAIL PROTECTED]'DatabaseConnections]Default in XML file <My file name>, system error: -2147467259" What concerns me is that my path delimiter ('/') is getting lost between my section "name" attribute and my child "Default" element. Am I escaping something wrong? Is my xpath wrong (I don't think it is, but I'm not the greatest at xpath)? Most of the samples I've seen for XmlConfig stop after finding a node with an attribute, not continuing to a child node thereof. --Jim Evans Numara Software ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
