I'm not 100% certain on this, but I think the format of the message was controlled by the MSI itself. If you don't provide a record, WI does some default formatting for you. Instead of overriding the default or tweaking the engine, have you tried to customize the message from within the MSI?
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367516(v=vs.85).aspx -----Original Message----- From: Steve-Ogilvie [mailto:steven.ogil...@titus.com] Sent: Monday, February 17, 2014 6:40 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] displaying action data text in ExecuteProgressActionDataText Hi, I have ExecuteProgressActionDataText set in the bootstrapper: Action: Time: ActionName Action Text I would like to just show: ActionName Action Text Is it this code that is setting the Action: Time: in WIUTIL.cpp case INSTALLMESSAGE_ACTIONDATA: if (WIU_MSI_PROGRESS_INVALID != pContext->dwCurrentProgressIndex && pContext->rgMsiProgress[pContext->dwCurrentProgressIndex].fEnableActionD pContext->ata) { if (pContext->rgMsiProgress[pContext->dwCurrentProgressIndex].fMoveForward) { pContext->rgMsiProgress[pContext->dwCurrentProgressIndex].dwCompleted += pContext->rgMsiProgress[pContext->dwCurrentProgressIndex].dwStep; } else // rollback. { pContext->rgMsiProgress[pContext->dwCurrentProgressIndex].dwCompleted -= pContext->rgMsiProgress[pContext->dwCurrentProgressIndex].dwStep; } nResult = SendProgressUpdate(pContext); } else { nResult = SendMsiMessage(pContext, mt, uiFlags, wzMessage, hRecord); } break; ?? Thanks, Steve -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/displaying-action-data-text-in-ExecuteProgressActionDataText-tp7592731.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. Read the Whitepaper. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121054471&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. Read the Whitepaper. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121054471&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
