In which sequence and where in that sequence are you calling your custom action, and is that property marked "Secure"?
BTW, a verbose log can tell you exactly what is (and isn't) happening with that property. -Blair -----Original Message----- From: CoolBreeze [mailto:coolbreeze...@googlemail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 8:50 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Setting properties I have a property I've set within a CustomAction that I need to access within one of my Components. I'm not getting the property's value. Is this even possible? Here is where I'm assigning a value to my property. [CustomAction] public static ActionResult TestSqlConnection(Session testSession) { // Code that tests the connection. ... ... // Assign the connection string to a property. testSession["SQLCONNECTION"] = connStr; } Within my Components.wxs I have the following. <Component Id="CMP_ConnString" Guid="Some Guid" Directory="AppDir"> <File Id="App.config" Name="app.config" Vital="yes" KeyPath="yes" Source="..\MyApp\app.config" /> <util:XmlFile Id="AppConfigConnString" Action="setValue" Permanent="yes" File="App.config" Element="/configuration/connectionStrings/add[\[]@name='MyAppConnString'[\]] " Name="connectionString" Value="[SQLCONNECTION]" /> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
