If your CA is immediate, I believe you want to do: session["SERVICEUSER"] ="MyUser";
I believe the CustomActionData is only for deferred custom actions, and is only one way communication. -----Original Message----- From: Swaroop Kare [mailto:swaroop.k...@ifdspercana.com] Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2013 5:15 AM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] SetProperty Behaviour I am wondering if some one can assist me how to fix the issue. Problem: I have set a session variable in a CA function written in C# and then trying to copy that value back into a property that is declared in WIX. Solution implemented: I have CA with logic that will set the value as below and is in the execute sequence and is scheduled before "CostInitialize" session.CustomActionData["SERVICEUSER"] ="MyUser"; I am now trying to retrieve the value back to WIX <SetProperty Id="USER_SERVICE_ACCOUNT" Value="[SERVICEUSER]" After="CostFinalize" Sequence="execute"> <![CDATA[PATCH]]> </SetProperty> My property declaration in WIX is as follows <Property Id="USER_SERVICE_ACCOUNT" Secure="yes">YYYY</Property> In the verbose log Action ended 12:40:35: CostFinalize. Return value 1. MSI (s) (40:28) [12:40:35:951]: Doing action: SetUSER_SERVICE_ACCOUNT Action 12:40:35: SetUSER_SERVICE_ACCOUNT. Action start 12:40:35: SetUSER_SERVICE_ACCOUNT. MSI (s) (40:28) [12:40:35:967]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Deleting USER_SERVICE_ACCOUNT property. Its current value is 'YYYY'. Action ended 12:40:35: SetUSER_SERVICE_ACCOUNT. Return value 1. The result I was expecting was something like this and not the deletion of property. PROPERTY CHANGE: Modifying USER_SERVICE_ACCOUNT property. Its current value is 'YYYY'. Its new value: 'MyUser'. Thanks ________________________________ From: Swaroop Kare Sent: 29 October 2013 10:48 To: 'General discussion about the WiX toolset.' Subject: RE: [WiX-users] SetProperty Behaviour Hi Blair/Jacob, I think that SetProperty creates the necessary custom action and that it is not deferred. This is currently scheduled after "CostFinalize" in execute Sequence. The CA to set {session.CustomActionData["SERVICEUSER"] ="MyUser"; } is also in the execute sequence and is scheduled before "CostInitialize". Through logging, I have checked the value of CA variable SERVICEUSER in CA and the values are set as expected. As CA to set customactiondata and setproperty custom action runs in the same execute sequence, I taught both CA share the same session variables. Is that correct? Action ended 11:31:44: CostInitialize. Return value 1. MSI (s) (CC:A0) [11:31:44:293]: Doing action: SetUSER_SERVICE_ACCOUNT Action 11:31:44: SetUSER_SERVICE_ACCOUNT. Action start 11:31:44: SetUSER_SERVICE_ACCOUNT. MSI (s) (CC:A0) [11:31:44:309]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Deleting USER_SERVICE_ACCOUNT property. Its current value is 'OtherUser'. Action ended 11:31:44: SetUSER_SERVICE_ACCOUNT. Return value 1. Thanks -----Original Message----- From: Blair Murri [mailto:os...@live.com] Sent: 29 October 2013 07:20 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] SetProperty Behaviour Is your CA run in the same sequence as SetUSER_SERVICE_ACCOUNT? What does your log say about the value of SERVICEUSER? Is it set in a line in your log that starts “MSI (s)”? Blair From: Hoover, Jacob Sent: Friday, October 25, 2013 11:19 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Is your CA scheduled as deferred? -----Original Message----- From: Swaroop Kare [mailto:swaroop.k...@ifdspercana.com] Sent: Friday, October 25, 2013 12:27 PM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] SetProperty Behaviour Hi Jacob, Please interpret XXXX as [SERVICEUSER] which is coming from CA and being set as below in CA session.CustomActionData["SERVICEUSER"] ="MyUser"; Thanks -----Original Message----- From: Hoover, Jacob [mailto:jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com] Sent: 25 October 2013 15:51 To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] SetProperty Behaviour Is XXX in this case referring to another property? The reason it deletes is because it has no value. -----Original Message----- From: Swaroop Kare [mailto:swaroop.k...@ifdspercana.com] Sent: Friday, October 25, 2013 9:41 AM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] SetProperty Behaviour Hi, I am using wix element SetProperty to preserve a value of the property during repair/ patch installation as shown in the below snippet <SetProperty Id="USER_SERVICE_ACCOUNT" Value="XXXX" After="CostFinalize" Sequence="execute"> <![CDATA[PATCH]]> </SetProperty> My property declaration is as follows <Property Id="USER_SERVICE_ACCOUNT" Secure="yes">YYYY</Property> In the verbose log Action ended 12:40:35: CostFinalize. Return value 1. MSI (s) (40:28) [12:40:35:951]: Doing action: SetUSER_SERVICE_ACCOUNT Action 12:40:35: SetUSER_SERVICE_ACCOUNT. Action start 12:40:35: SetUSER_SERVICE_ACCOUNT. MSI (s) (40:28) [12:40:35:967]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Deleting USER_SERVICE_ACCOUNT property. Its current value is 'YYYY'. Action ended 12:40:35: SetUSER_SERVICE_ACCOUNT. Return value 1. The result I was expecting was something like this PROPERTY CHANGE: Modifying USER_SERVICE_ACCOUNT property. Its current value is 'YYYY'. Its new value: 'XXXX'. 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