CustomActionData is that magical packet of information passed from the
installer to your deferred CustomAction using the Value= attribute.
Then, your .exe (or VBScript or Javascript) has to set a variable to the value
of Session.Property("CustomActionData"); so it gets a copy of this information
to use.
This info might help a little
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/2w2fhwzz(VS.71).aspx
-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Walker [mailto:matt.wal...@synergis.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 10:07 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Command Line ParameterstoDeferred CustomAction on Vista
I guess I'm still a little foggy on it so I'll keep digging. If
CustomActionData is needed to get values to Deferred Custom Actions, how
then is my property value, populated in the Property Table, getting to
my deferred action? In addition to having the property pre-populated in
the table, I also added it to SecureCustomProperties. However I'm not
using the Set Directory CA mechanism to get the value to
CustomActionData.
I don't know if I mentioned this before, but my Deferred Custom Action
fires an .exe stored in the Binary Table with the following command line
parameters being passed [ProductCode] [OURVERSION], the later being the
pre-populated property.
I don't know why, but I can't seem to get a handle on this! :(
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From: Wilson, Phil [mailto:phil.wil...@invensys.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 12:52 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Command Line Parameters toDeferred CustomAction
on Vista
They are still two separate items. SecureCustomProperties is need if you
want to pass properties from the UI to the execute sequence, whether
they get passed to custom actions or not. If you pass them to a
immediate custom actions there's no need to use CustomActionData. So if
you wanted to collect a property value in the UI sequence AND pass it to
a deferred custom action then you'd need to use SCP to get it into the
execute sequence AND use CustomActionData to pass it to a deferred
custom action.
You might be thinking that CustomActionData is a single property, but
it's not. Every deferred custom action can have its own CustomActionData
associated with it. Yes, it's used to pass property values into deferred
custom actions. You simply cannot directly get property values in
deferred custom actions, that's what CustomActionData is for.
There'a a paragraph or two at the end here
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370543(VS.85).aspx
Phil Wilson
-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Walker [mailto:matt.wal...@synergis.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 6:45 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Command Line Parameters to Deferred
CustomAction on Vista
Since both worked in my scenario, I still, really don't know the
difference.
When you say SCPs is used to pass property values to the execute
sequence, does that include access during or for deferred custom
actions? Or, is CAD used to pass information to the deferred actions?
Would there be a good example to illustrate the need for the use of
CustomActionData where simply adding a property to
SecureCustomProperties would not provide access during the deferred
sequence?
Any further help greatly appreciated.
-----Original Message-----
From: Wilson, Phil [mailto:phil.wil...@invensys.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 5:17 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Command Line Parameters to Deferred
CustomAction on Vista
Briefly, CustomActionData is a parameter passing scheme to get property
values passed to a deferred custom action. SecureCustomProperties is a
list of properties that you want to pass from the UI sequence (where you
probably collected their values) across the context boundary into the
execute sequence.
Phil Wilson
-----Original Message-----
From: Superfreak3 [mailto:matt.wal...@synergis.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 11:59 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Command Line Parameters to Deferred Custom
Action on Vista
So what exactly is the difference between SecureCustomProperties and
CustomActionData? I still do not fully understand this.
We have a public property that holds a string that we write to the
registry
in certain cases. Is is held in the Property table. Let's say it
contains
8.1.2.3 and is called OURVERSION.
I have a little widget that runs near the end of the install that tests
the
condition for the registry edit and edits accordingly. I used a Set
Property custom action sequenced in the Immediate Sequence to set the
above
mentioned property to something like PASSDATAACTION.
Then, in the Deferrec Sequence action, I reference CustomActionData that
now
holds the value I passed. All seems to work OK here.
I then thought, lets add the original property, OURVERSION, to
SecureCustomProperties and just reference that directly as a parameter
in my
Deferred action, guess what. This works too.
So, I'm unclear as to the true purpose of each.
I know this really is off WiX topic, but I've gotten great help here
before
so any now is greatly appreciated. The scenario described above may not
be
exactly what is going on, but just to give an example.
Thanks in advance for any help!!
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