Mark, you simply need to use an MsiProperty element as a child to your
MsiPackage one. A burn variable is only involved if you are not hardcoding the
value you are passing to MSI.
> From: steven.ogil...@titus.com
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 18:53:53 +0000
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] passing command args to MSI from bundle [P]
>
> Classification: Public
> Mark,
>
> In my bundle.wxs I have the following:
>
> </BootstrapperApplicationRef>
> <Variable Name="SERVICESLOGLEVEL" Type="string" bal:Overridable="yes"
> Value="WARN"/>
>
> <Chain>
> <MsiPackage Id="MainInstall"
> DisplayName="$(var.ProductName)"
> SourceFile="<path to my MSI file>\MyMSIFile.msi"
> Name="Redist\ MyMSIFile.msi "
> DisplayInternalUI="yes"
> Visible="no"
> Cache="no"
> Compressed="no"
> Permanent="no">
> <MsiProperty Name="SERVICESLOGLEVEL" Value="[SERVICESLOGLEVEL]"/>
> </MsiPackage>
>
> This way if I don't have a command line argument the MSI property
> SERVICESLOGLEVEL is set to WARN by default, hence I can change it by:
> MYBOOSTRAPPEREXE.exe SERVICESLOGLEVEL=DEBUG
>
> Then in my product.wxs file I have the property initialized:
> <Property Id="SERVICESLOGLEVEL" Secure="yes"/>
>
> And then I use that property in a custom action to change the app.config file
> of my various services logging level i.e.
>
> <CustomAction Id="CA_Set_ConfigLevelStr" Property="CA_SETCONFIGLEVELSTR"
> Value="[CONFIG_SERVICE_PATH]|Config.exe.config|[SERVICESLOGLEVEL]"/>
> <CustomAction Id="CA_SETCONFIGLEVELSTR" BinaryKey="BIN_CustomAction"
> DllEntry="ChangeConfigLevel" Impersonate="no" Execute="deferred"
> Return="check" />
>
> So if I don't have a command line parameter to the logging level is set to
> the default WARN (which is set in my variable element in the bundle.wxs, or I
> can change the logging level by having a command line parameter as shown
> above...
>
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Freedman, Mark P. [mailto:mark.freed...@jhuapl.edu]
> Sent: July-19-13 2:31 PM
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] passing command args to MSI from bundle [P]
>
> Right, My bootstrapper projct creates the exe, and I can run it and install
> with it. I'm not sure what's happening to the MsiProperty that I"ve set up.
> I'm not sure how to read it from the MSI installer package, and it isn't
> passed as a command line argument as shown in the logs.
>
> I thin what I want to do is to read the MSI property and store it in a
> CustomActionData property to be read by a custom action, but does not seem to
> work.
>
> Mark Freedman
> JHU/APL
> 17-N568
> 443.778.2647
> mark.freed...@jhuapl.edu
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steven Ogilvie [mailto:steven.ogil...@titus.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 1:43 PM
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] passing command args to MSI from bundle [P]
>
> Classification: Public
> The bundle.wxs is the bootsrapper code file, when you compile it, it creates
> an exe
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Freedman, Mark P. [mailto:mark.freed...@jhuapl.edu]
> Sent: July-19-13 12:44 PM
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] passing command args to MSI from bundle [P]
>
> Currently, I do not have a custom bootstrapper application, just what I have
> in the Bundle.wxs file.
>
> I thought that by setting up the MSI Property that way, it wouldn't require
> running the bootstrapper EXE with a command line argument. I just want to
> pass a hard coded value of some sort to the MSI from this particular
> bootstrapper to the MSI and read it in a custom action.
>
> I'm trying to then put the MSI property in to a custom action, if it is
> present, but it doesn't seem to work.
>
> <CustomAction Id='SetUsingLocalDbRegistryAction.SetProperty'
> Return='check'
> Value='SETLOCALDB=[SETLOCALDB]'
> Property='SetUsingLocalDbRegistryAction'/>
>
> <CustomAction Id='SetUsingLocalDbRegistryAction'
> BinaryKey='CustomActionBinary' DllEntry='SetUsingLocalDbRegistry'
> Execute='deferred' Impersonate='no' Return='check'/>
>
>
> Mark Freedman
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steven Ogilvie [mailto:steven.ogil...@titus.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 10:08 AM
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] passing command args to MSI from bundle [P]
>
> Classification: Public
> I do the same thing:
>
> <Variable Name="SERVICESLOGLEVEL" Type="string" bal:Overridable="yes"
> Value="WARN"/
>
> <MsiProperty Name="SERVICESLOGLEVEL" Value="[SERVICESLOGLEVEL]"/>
>
> So from the command line I would run MyBootstrapperEXE.exe
> SERVICESLOGLEVEL=DEBUG
>
> Now if you are just wanting to change a property via the bootstrapper you
> don't have to add the variable element
>
> Just add the MsiProperty element to your MSI:
> <MsiProperty Name="ALLOW_REMOTE_ACCESS" Value="0"/>
>
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rahul V [mailto:rahul8...@gmail.com]
> Sent: July-19-13 9:55 AM
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] passing command args to MSI from bundle
>
> Create a variable inside the Bundle, pass that variable to MsiProperty, and
> change the variable in the bootstrapper code like
> Bootstrapper.Engine.StringVariables["MyVariable"] = ""
>
> now you can see it in the log, for the reference,
>
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15305932/how-to-pass-a-property-from-an-editbox-control-in-burn-native-bootstrapper-to-a
>
> http://bryanpjohnston.com/2012/09/28/custom-wix-managed-bootstrapper-application/
>
> Regards,
> Rahul
>
> On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 6:05 PM, Freedman, Mark P. <mark.freed...@jhuapl.edu
> > wrote:
>
> > I'm on Wix 3.7. I have an MSI that I would like to set a registry key
> > (perhaps via a Custom Action, as he will have to check if the key
> > already exists).
> >
> > I'm understand that a Bundle in a bootstrapper project can't change
> > the machine state (such as setting the registry). Therefore, I'm
> > attempting to pass a command line argument via <MsiProperty>, but
> > doesn't appear to show up as a command line argument in my log file for the
> > bootstrapper.
> >
> >
> > 1. Is it possible to set a registry key up in a Bundle?
> >
> > 2. If not, how can I add a command line argument (or some other
> > piece of custom data) to be passed to the MSI.
> >
> > 3. How can the MSI read whatever it is I pass to it (whether I tends
> > up being a command line arg or something else).
> >
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Wix
> > xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";>
> > <Bundle Name="MyInstallerBootstrapperLocalDb" Version="1.0.0.0"
> > Manufacturer="$(var.Configuration) Industires" UpgradeCode="*">
> > <BootstrapperApplicationRef
> > Id="WixStandardBootstrapperApplication.RtfLicense" />
> > <Chain>
> > <MsiPackage Id="MyInstallerInstaller"
> > SourceFile="$(var.MyInstallerInstaller.TargetPath)" Compressed="no">
> > <!-- TODO - if this is being set correctly, the MSI needs to
> > interpret it and set up the key-->
> > <MsiProperty Name="SetLocalDb" Value="yes"/>
> > </MsiPackage>
> > </Chain>
> > </Bundle>
> > </Wix>
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Mark Freedman
> >
> >
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