OK I can't explain this one. I put in a property with a default value containing a backslash to see if it would leave that in there or remove it entirely, and... it worked. It filled in the StartName=DOMAIN\username and then appropriately bombed trying to install it with phony credentials.
I originally was letting the dialog set the property SERVICEACCOUNT and then referencing [SERVICEACCOUNT] in the ServiceInstall element, and the result in the installer log was that it left out the StartName= argument entirely but put in a Password=******** which I thought was odd since I never set a password property default either. All I added was: <Property Id="SERVERACCOUNT" Value="DOMAIN\username" /> This appropriately appears in the dialog and I can change it to my proper domain\username, and it works now. That's the one and only change I made since my last recompile where it was having problems. This baffles me, but I'm moving on to the next gift horse. Thanks! # Nathan Blair-2 wrote: > > In the past I have seen installers where the user and domain names are in > different dialogs. I don't know why you are seeing the issues you are with > the UI and the "\" character. > > As to the service start issue - does the service use either anything you > install into the GAC or any win32 SxS you install (using fusion)? Such as > any fi...@assembly attributes or any use of Microsoft's C/C++ runtime > MSMs? > > Those things get final installation/setup towards the end of > InstallFinalize > and so are not available for the default sequencing of StartServices. > > You should see something in the event viewer in that case. > -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Setting-account-info-in-merge-module-from-MSI-dialog-tp3568432p3576521.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
