Sorry, I misunderstood your question. I thought you didn't want to leave
the feature selection dialog until at least one feature was selected for
install.
Looking back at your original post, I'm still not clear what you are trying
to accomplish/solve.
On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 4:57 AM, Noel Farrugia <noel.farru...@outlook.com>
wrote:
> So there isn't a simpler solution?
>
> All I want to do is have access to a "variable", in this case myFeature
> from another file.
>
> > Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 09:21:00 -0400
> > From: yellowjacketl...@gmail.com
> > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Check that at least one Feature is selected
> >
> > I solved this same issue with a custom action on the next button of the
> > feature selection dialog. I tried solving it within Wix/Windows
> Installer
> > but was unable to.
> >
> > The pseudo-code is something like this...
> >
> > <Publish Dialog="CustomizeDlg" Control="Next" Event="DoAction"
> > Value="CAMustSelectOne" Order="1">1</Publish>
> > <Publish Dialog="CustomizeDlg" Control="Next" Event="NewDialog"
> > Value="VerifyReadyDlg" Order="2"><![CDATA[ATLEASTONESELECTED <>
> > "0"]]></Publish>
> >
> > Custom Action looked something like this (error handling and exception
> > management removed for brevity):
> >
> > // these are all hidden or "container only" features,
> > // if they are selected for install, they are not considered a "real"
> > feature
> > private static readonly string[] IgnoredFeatures = { "Server", "Logs",
> > "Data", "WebSites", "WindowsServices", "Tools" };
> >
> > [CustomAction]
> > public static ActionResult MustSelectOne(Session session)
> > {
> > ActionResult installResult = ActionResult.Success;
> >
> > // assume we success until told otherwise
> > session["ATLEASTONESELECTED"] = "1";
> >
> > if (NoFeaturesSelected(session))
> > {
> > session["ATLEASTONESELECTED"] = "0";
> > MessageBox.Show(new Form() { TopMost = true }, "One or more
> > features must be selected");
> > }
> >
> > return installResult;
> > }
> >
> > private static bool NoFeaturesSelected(Session session)
> > {
> > return session.Features.Where(feature =>
> > !IgnoredFeatures.Contains(feature.Name)).All(feature =>
> > feature.RequestState != InstallState.Local);
> > }
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 8:55 AM, Noel Farrugia <
> noel.farru...@outlook.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I need to "access" MyFeature in the UserInterface code to make a
> condition
> > > such that if no feature is selected for installation the "Next" button
> can
> > > be disabled.
> > >
> > > Thanks and Regards,
> > > Noel
> > >
> > > > From: jocoo...@jackhenry.com
> > > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> > > > Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 12:24:04 +0000
> > > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Check that at least one Feature is selected
> > > >
> > > > Currently, there is limited scoping of properties in Wix 3.x. The
> only
> > > problem you may sometimes run into is when a property crosses the UI to
> > > Execute boundary--to do that, you'll need a public secure property.
> > > >
> > > > So, how exactly do you want to "access" MyFeature?
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > John Merryweather Cooper
> > > > Senior Software Engineer | Enterprise Service Applications |
> Continuing
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> > > jocoo...@jackhenry.com
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Noel Farrugia [mailto:noel.farru...@outlook.com]
> > > > Sent: Monday, September 15, 2014 7:17 AM
> > > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> > > > Subject: [WiX-users] Check that at least one Feature is selected
> > > >
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > I have a setup with feature selection enabled like this one now, in a
> > > file called "MyInstaller.wxs",
> > > >
> > > > <Feature Id="MyFeature"
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Title="MyTitle"
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Description="Desc...."
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Level="1" AllowAdvertise="no" Absent="allow"
> > > TypicalDefault="install">
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > <ComponentGroupRef Id="Test Component"/>
> > > > .
> > > > .
> > > > .
> > > > </Feature>
> > > >
> > > > The code that handles the User interface is in another file called
> > > UserInterface.wxi.
> > > > I know that to check if a certain feature is selected I need to do
> > > <[CDATA[&MyFeature=3]]> in the "Publish" line example:
> > > >
> > > > <Publish Property="FeatureChoiceDlgPrev"
> > > Value="InstallWelcomeDlg">$(var.allowFeatureChoice) = 1</Publish>
> > > >
> > > > now my question is how can I access the "MyFeature" which is located
> in
> > > "MyInstaller.wxs" in the "UserInterface.wxi"file ?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks a lot for your help :)
> > > >
> > > > Noel
> > > >
> > > >
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