I could do that actually. Thanks for the tip!

/Kristian


2013/2/22 Hoover, Jacob <jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com>

> Are you selecting this location via the BA or the MSI? The best way to do
> this would be via the bundle, and pass it into the MSI as a property.  That
> way you can tell burn to remember the value of the variable for you.
>
> <Variable Name="Foo" Value="[ProgramFilesFolder]\Bar" Persisted="yes"/>
>
> <MsiPackage ...>
>         <MsiProperty Name="TARGETDIR" Value="[Foo]" />
> </MsiPackage>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kristian Jaksch [mailto:kristian.jak...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2013 10:25 AM
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> Subject: [WiX-users] Pass value from msi to bundle
>
> I have a custom managed bootstrapper and I want to get a parameter from
> the msi package that are installed in the bundle. So, when the msi has been
> installed I want to get the installation directory out to the bootstrapper.
> How can this be done in the best way? I read about storing values in the
> registry but I don't understand how to find that from the bootstrapper
> since registry searches are done before installations. Other ideas?
>
> Thanks!
>
> /K
>
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