I'm very new to using Wix, so my approach may not be the best. From my understanding thus far, if I want to get values from the user like username, password, and test a connection to a database I should perform those actions within the InstallUISequence. With that said, I have a Dialog I created that gathers this information and also has a button called Test Connection. Attached to this button is a DoAction event which has Value set to CA_testSqlConnection. This is my CustomAction and on my Product.wxs I set the CustomAction to Execute="immediate" and in InstallUISequence it to take place before "ExecuteAction".
Again I may not be doing this the correct way, so if you have any sample code that does a proper testing of a database connection or can point me to a reference, I greatly appreciate it. And thank you for your help. On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 4:54 PM, Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro) < edwin.cas...@fiserv.com> wrote: > Hmm... I'm not familiar enough with UIs to know what the ramifications are > in that case. > > But if you only call the "CA_testSqlConnection" custom action in the > InstallUISequence then the SQLCONNECTION property will never be set when you > perform a silent install... Perhaps that doesn't matter, perhaps it does... > > Edwin G. Castro > Software Developer - Staff > Electronic Banking Services > Fiserv > Office: 503-746-0643 > Fax: 503-617-0291 > www.fiserv.com > Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: CoolBreeze [mailto:coolbreeze...@googlemail.com] > > Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 1:46 PM > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Setting properties > > > > Edwin, > > > > I have the Wix book and it showed ExecuteAction as the last action in > > InstallUISequence prior to InstallExecuteSequence. > > > > On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 12:42 PM, Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro) < > > edwin.cas...@fiserv.com> wrote: > > > > > I have an installer that uses <util:XmlFile/>. I looked at the > > > InstallExecuteSequence in the installer package using InstEdit and did > > > *not* find an action called "ExecuteAction". If this is a custom > > > action you wrote then you need to be aware where that custom action is > > scheduled. > > > > > > I see "SchedXmlFile" in the InstallExecuteSequence in my installer > > > where it is located between "DuplicateFiles" and "WriteRegistryValues" > > > according to Sequence order. The "SchedXmlFile" action is responsible > > > for scheduling the <util:XmlFile/> changes so we want to schedule > > > "CA_testSqlConnection" before "SchedXmlFile". > > > > > > <InstallExecuteSequence> > > > <Custom Action="CA_testSqlConnection" Before="SchedXmlFile" /> > > > </InstallExecuteSequence> > > > > > > You'll need to make sure that "CA_testSqlConnection" is an immediate > > > custom action because the value of [SQLCONNECTION] is needed during > > > the immediate sequence when "SchedXmlFile" does its work. > > > > > > Edwin G. Castro > > > Software Developer - Staff > > > Electronic Banking Services > > > Fiserv > > > Office: 503-746-0643 > > > Fax: 503-617-0291 > > > www.fiserv.com > > > P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: CoolBreeze [mailto:coolbreeze...@googlemail.com] > > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 5:50 PM > > > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Setting properties > > > > > > > > My TestSqlConnection custom action is called after "ExecuteAction" > > > > on my Product.wxs. Below is a snippet of my Product.wxs. > > > > > > > > <Feature Id="MainApplication" Title="MyApp Setup" > > > > Description="Required Software" Level="1"> > > > > <ComonentGroupRef Id="ApplicationComponents" /> </Feature> > > > > > > > > <InstallUISequence> > > > > <Custom Action="CA_testSqlConnection" After="ExecuteAction" /> > > > > </InstallUISequence> > > > > > > > > My Components.wxs snippet. > > > > <Wix ...> > > > > <Fragment> > > > > <ComponentGroup Id="ApplicationComponents"> > > > > <Component Id="CMP_ConnString" Guid=".." > Directory="AppDir"> > > > > <File Id="FILE_App.config" Name="app.config" > Vital="yes" > > > > KeyPath="yes" Source="app.config" /> > > > > <util:XmlFile Id="AppConfigConnectionString" > > > > Action="setValue" Permanent="yes" File="[#FILE_App.config]" > > > > > > ElementPath="/configuration/connectionStrings/add[\[]@name='AppConfi > > > > g > > > > ConnectionString'[\]]" > > > > Name="connString" Value="[SQLCONNECTION]" /> > > > > </Component> > > > > </ComponentGroup> > > > > </Fragment> > > > > </Wix> > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 6:52 PM, Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro) < > > > > edwin.cas...@fiserv.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Did you schedule the TestSqlConnection custom action before > > > > > <util:XmlFile/> gets scheduled? > > > > > > > > > > Edwin G. Castro > > > > > Software Developer - Staff > > > > > Electronic Banking Services > > > > > Fiserv > > > > > Office: 503-746-0643 > > > > > Fax: 503-617-0291 > > > > > www.fiserv.com > > > > > P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > From: CoolBreeze [mailto:coolbreeze...@googlemail.com] > > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 3:30 PM > > > > > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > > > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Setting properties > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Guys, I'm still trying to get this resolved. When I viewed > > > > > > the log > > > > > file I could > > > > > > see that my property contained the value I assigned to it from > > > > > > within my CustomAction; however, it doesn't contain anything > > > > > > when I try use it > > > > > within > > > > > > the <util:XmlFile element. > > > > > > > > > > > > Does anyone have any idea as to why Value does not contain the > > > > > > property value? > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 11:50 AM, CoolBreeze > > > > > > <coolbreeze...@googlemail.com>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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[\[]@name='MyAppConnStr > > > > > > ing'[\]]" > > > > > > > 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. 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