Can anyone provide an example custom action that will strip characters off the return value I get in this property from a registrysearch?
DWORD registry values will always have a prefixed '#' character. It is possible for it to get a '+' or a '-' character following the '#' and preceding the actual number (in decimal aka base-10). You'll need a custom action to parse/strip it. The Windows Installer's formatted syntax doesn't have many string-manipulation operations built-in. -----Original Message----- From: John Trump [mailto:john_tr...@symantec.com] Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 3:07 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: Thomas Svare Subject: [WiX-users] How to strip the leading '#' from a numerical value retrieved from a reg key using RegistrySearch I retrieve the IISPORT from the registry as follows: <Property Id="IISPORT"> <RegistrySearch Id="IISPortSearch" Type="raw" Root="HKLM" Key="SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ServiceProvider\ServiceTypes\w3svc " Name="TcpPort" /> </Property> And build the url to our web page like this: <Property Id="SHORTCUTPATH">http://localhost: [IISPORT]/CompanyName/product.Web/ProductHomePage/ProductHomePage.aspx</ Property> The problem is that a '#' is prepended to the port number in [IISPORT]. How do I strip it off? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users