Burn, being the newest shiny tool in the belt, hasn't had much documentation
written for it yet. As we mop up scenarios and bugs we will turn to more
documentation.
We are always looking for contributors.
> Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2013 13:06:37 +0300
> From: veli-matti.vis...@futuremark.com
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Burn Built-in Variables & Custom Boostrapper UI
>
> Mr. Murri that was just the thing I was looking for. Thanks.
>
> Why isn't stuff like this documented or given examples anywhere though?
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 11:47 PM, Blair Murri <os...@live.com> wrote:
>
> > String fooString =
> > Bootstrapper.Engine.FormatString(Bootstrapper.Engine.StringVariables["FooVariable"]);
> >
> > > From: r...@robmensching.com
> > > Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2013 07:42:58 -0700
> > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Burn Built-in Variables & Custom Boostrapper UI
> > >
> > > You need to format the string.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 6:18 AM, Veli-Matti Visuri <
> > > veli-matti.vis...@futuremark.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi, I've been working on a bootstrapper with a customized UI and I
> > cannot
> > > > figure out a way on how to "translate" the burn built-in variables
> > from the
> > > > engine to the UI.
> > > >
> > > > You can see the list of the variables here:
> > > > http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/bundle_built_in_variables.htm
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I'll try to explain the situation here:
> > > > (Before you make remarks, note that this isn't the actual code I'm
> > using)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 1. I have a variable defined in the Bundle.wxs like:
> > > > <Variable Name="FooVariable" Type="string"
> > Value="[DesktopFolder]\Foo\Bar"
> > > > bal:Overridable="yes"/>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 2. I read the variable in the C# customized UI from the engine in the
> > UI
> > > > like this:
> > > > String fooString = Bootstrapper.Engine.StringVariables["FooVariable"];
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 3. Then I show the install path variable, let's say in a message box
> > > > MessageBox.Show(fooString);
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 4. The messagebox says:
> > > > [DesktopFolder]\Foo\Bar
> > > >
> > > > But I wish it showed:
> > > > C:\Users\Example\Desktop\Foo\Bar
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > To put it verbally, I would like to make the UI not to say the name of
> > the
> > > > burn built-in variable, but the actual path to the e.g. desktop folder.
> > > >
> > > > Is there any possible way I could do this? Is there any workaround? I
> > > > would't like to programmatically fetch these folders in the UI.
> > > >
> > > >
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