The @Source attribute is not available when the user selects the features. It's only there for the WiX compiler to add the file to the package. The @source is the location of the file on your development machine. It has nothing to do with the installation itself. If you do not want your installation to install a file if a specific feature is selected use a condition for the component element.
Best regards, Sebastian Brand Instyler Setup - Creating WiX-based MSI installations, elegantly. http://www.instyler.com -----Original Message----- From: mahesh u [mailto:maheshu.u...@gmail.com] Sent: July 09, 2009 12:23 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditionally pass the property value to File Element Name, Source attributes. The problem I am facing is that I cannot use preprocessor variables for PATHARGS because the selection of feature can only be got in run time... So, I want to set a property only based on feature selection and use it in Source attribute of File element.. On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 3:14 PM, Sebastian Brand (Instyler Software) < wix+us...@instyler.com <wix%2bus...@instyler.com>> wrote: > Hello, > > The @Source is used by the WiX compiler when creating the .msi file to read > the file you want to add to the msi. WiX does not handle any [] Properties > during compile time - Properties are handled by the MSI Engine during > installation. > To achieve your goal use a compiler variable, e.g. "$(var.PATHARGS)" - > these > variables can be set when starting wix and will be handled by the > Preprocessor. See WiX help "Preprocessor" for more. > > > Best regards, > Sebastian Brand > > Instyler Setup - Creating WiX-based MSI installations, elegantly. > http://www.instyler.com > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mahesh u [mailto:maheshu.u...@gmail.com] > Sent: July 09, 2009 11:26 > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] Conditionally pass the property value to File Element > Name, Source attributes. > > I am using Wix Version 2. > > I have the two features F1 and F2. F2 is a sub component of F1. I have a > component C1 which is kept inside F1. > > The component C1 has a file element like this: > > <File Id="xyz" Name="abc.txt" Source="C:\abc.txt" /> > > But, the Source attribute path and Name attribute depends on the Feature > which is selected. > So, I tried to have a custom action to set a property PATHARGS to the path > based on selection of a feature (F1 or F2) and also property FILENAME to > set > appropriate file based on selection of Feature (F1 or F2). > > Now, if I redefine File element as > > <File Id="xyz" Name="[FILENAME]" Source="[PATHARGS]" /> , > > the File element is unable to read the property value. > > So, my questions are: > > 1) Why are the above mentioned steps not working properly? > 2) Is there any other way to pass property values to File Name and Source > element. > > --thanks.. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge > This is your chance to win up to $100,000 in prizes! For a limited time, > vendors submitting new applications to BlackBerry App World(TM) will have > the opportunity to enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge. See full prize > > details at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/Challenge > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge > This is your chance to win up to $100,000 in prizes! For a limited time, > vendors submitting new applications to BlackBerry App World(TM) will have > the opportunity to enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge. See full prize > details at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/Challenge > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge This is your chance to win up to $100,000 in prizes! For a limited time, vendors submitting new applications to BlackBerry App World(TM) will have the opportunity to enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge. See full prize details at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/Challenge _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge This is your chance to win up to $100,000 in prizes! For a limited time, vendors submitting new applications to BlackBerry App World(TM) will have the opportunity to enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge. See full prize details at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/Challenge _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
