Thanks for your replies... I am still finding a way to get out of this....
I want to know does WiX allow me to do the following:


<File Id="New" Name="abc.txt" Source="C:\abc.txt" />

Can this statement be replaced by


<File Id="New" Name="[NAMEARG]" Source="[SOURCEARG]" />

and have properties defined as

<Property Id="New1" Name="NAMEARG" Value="abc.txt" />
<Property Id="New2" Name="SOURCEARG" Value="C:\abc.txt" />


--thanks

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 2:31 PM, David Watson <dwat...@sdl.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>        Well if you have no option to change this behaviour, IE it may
> be possible to design this slightly odd behaviour out in the application
> design you will have to look at complex options.
>
> You will either need a custom action to change the component state.
>
> Or maybe you could place your core application components in a hidden
> feature that is always installed and give the user two visible features
> in the UI that are mutualy exclusive.
>
> Feature1 - all core components - Hidden in the UI.
> Feature2 - component A - just has the abc.txt component
> Feature3 - component B - has xyz.txt component and other optional
> features.
>
> I'm not sure how painful making the feature UI do mutex features will be
> though as we don't use the built in UI.
>
> Dave W.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mahesh u [mailto:maheshu.u...@gmail.com]
> Sent: 10 July 2009 01:12
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditionally pass the property value
> toFileElementName, Source attributes.
>
> Yes.. This is exactly the problem I am facing. I have a requirement that
> Feature 2 should be a child of Feature 1. Feature 1 is always installed.
> Feature 2 is an optional component.
>
> --thanks.
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 10:45 PM, David Watson <dwat...@sdl.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >  Hi,
> >        So you want to install file a or b depending on feature 1 and
> 2.
> > But the problem arises as you have feature 2 as a sub feature of
> > feature one.
> >
> > So :-
> >
> > <Component Id="a">
> >        <File Id ="abc" Name="abc.txt" Source="C:\abc.txt"/>
> > </Component> <Component Id="b">
> >        <File Id ="xyz" Name="xyz.txt" Source="C:\xyz.txt"/>
> > </Component>
> >
> > <Feature1>
> >        <ComponentRef a />
> >         <Feature2>
> >                <ComponentRef b />
> >        </Feature2>
> > </Feature1>
> >
> > ...will partly work but if you choose feature two you will get both
> > files as it is a child feature.
> >
> > The simplest fix is to make Feature2 not a child.
> >
> > Unfortunatly it is not a trivial task just to condition the components
>
> > on the feature state (see Bob's article here
> > http://www.joyofsetup.com/2008/04/09/feature-states-in-component-condi
> > ti
> > ons/<http://www.joyofsetup.com/2008/04/09/feature-states-in-component-
> > conditi%0Aons/>
> > ).
> >
> > Bob's article suggests calling a custom action from the UI to set the
> > component state directly, my guess in this case that would be to stop
> > component a installing if feature 2 is selected.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mahesh u [mailto:maheshu.u...@gmail.com]
> > Sent: 09 July 2009 16:06
> > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditionally pass the property value
> > toFileElement Name, Source attributes.
> >
> > My WiX file is something like this:
> >
> > <Component Id="a">
> > <File Id ="abc" Name="abc.txt" Source="C:\abc.txt"/> </Component>
> >
> > <Component
> > <Feature1>
> > <ComponentRef a />
> > <ComponentRef b/>
> > <Feature2>
> > <ComponentRef z/>
> > </Feature2>
> > </Feature1>
> >
> > So, my requirement is Component 'a' should be executed with file
> > "abc.txt"
> > if Feature1 is marked for install and it should be executed with
> > Name="xyz.txt" if Feature2 is marked for install.
> >
> > I can know whether a feature is marked for install or not only after
> > CostFinalize action. But, conditions are valid only before
> > CostFinalize action.
> > So, I have written a CustomAction to check for this after CostFinalize
>
> > action. I thought of setting a property based on Custom Action and
> > pass that value to File element Name attribute. [Instead of abc.txt] a
>
> > property like [FILEARGS].
> >
> > So, Is this valid? OR Is there some other way to solve the problem?.
> >
> >
> > --Thanks
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 4:40 PM, David Watson <dwat...@sdl.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > It sounds like you are trying to condifionally install one of two
> > > files based on which feature is selected.
> > >
> > > If you want to do this you should include both files in your
> > > installer
> >
> > > under separate features, in separate components, possible with a
> > > component condition.
> > >
> > > Or maybe I didn't understand what you are trying to achieve.
> > >
> > > Dave
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: mahesh u [mailto:maheshu.u...@gmail.com]
> > > Sent: 09 July 2009 11:23
> > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditionally pass the property value to
> > > FileElement 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> <
> wix%2bus...@instyler.com <wix%252bus...@instyler.com>> <
> > wix%2bus...@instyler.com <wix%252bus...@instyler.com> <
> wix%252bus...@instyler.com <wix%25252bus...@instyler.com>>> <
> > > wix%2bus...@instyler.com <wix%252bus...@instyler.com> <
> wix%252bus...@instyler.com <wix%25252bus...@instyler.com>> <
> > wix%252bus...@instyler.com <wix%25252bus...@instyler.com> <
> wix%25252bus...@instyler.com <wix%2525252bus...@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..
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