Re: [WiX-users] How to pass data from deferred CA to rollback CA?

Thanks Rob. For me, this is a thought experiment in which I was trying to learn more about rollback CAs. So, my scenario is (similar to editing an XML file with XmlFile), I wanted to install a JSON file and edit it at install-time. If the installation failed, I would rollback the file to what it

Re: [WiX-users] How to pass data from deferred CA to rollback CA?

1. No. 2. See #1 3. Since CA is going to open the file anyway, I would just handle the case in the CA code, not using AppSearch. I'm doing this now with new CustomAction I'm adding in WiX v4. _ Short replies here. Complete answers

[WiX-users] How to pass data from deferred CA to rollback CA?

In a deferred custom action, I am changing some text in a file. I want to be able to undo those changes in a rollback custom action. So, I'm attempting to store the original contents of the file and then set the file back to that data in the rollback CA. The place where I've tried to store the

Re: [WiX-users] How to pass data from deferred CA to rollback CA?

I wasn't able to find a way to pass data from a deferred CA to a rollback CA. Nor could I access the session's database, which prevented me from storing the data in a custom table. The only way I found that worked was to store the original file in the TEMP directory and, in the rollback, restore

Re: [WiX-users] How to pass data from deferred CA to rollback CA?

The correct way is to read the file from the immediate custom action and schedule the rollback and deferred actions with the appropriate data. The WiX custom actions do this all the time. _ Short replies here. Complete answers over