Re: [WiX-users] how to read a value from an xml app config file using WIX 3.6

2013-05-20 Thread John Cooper
-Original Message- From: Marty Offe [mailto:marty.o...@harlandfs.com] Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 12:17 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] how to read a value from an xml app config file using WIX 3.6 Which custom action do I use to read

Re: [WiX-users] how to read a value from an xml app config file using WIX 3.6

2013-05-17 Thread Sharon Pierson
Message- From: Marty Offe [mailto:marty.o...@harlandfs.com] Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 4:58 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] how to read a value from an xml app config file using WIX 3.6 How can I read a value from an application's xml config file and present the value

Re: [WiX-users] how to read a value from an xml app config file using WIX 3.6

2013-05-17 Thread Marty Offe
: Friday, May 17, 2013 5:59 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] how to read a value from an xml app config file using WIX 3.6 If this is a major upgrade, you can add another custom action that reads the value from this file and sets a property

Re: [WiX-users] how to read a value from an xml app config file using WIX 3.6

2013-05-17 Thread Sharon Pierson
-to-wix-part-5-custom-actions.aspx -Original Message- From: Marty Offe [mailto:marty.o...@harlandfs.com] Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 12:17 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] how to read a value from an xml app config file using WIX 3.6 Which

Re: [WiX-users] how to read a value from an xml app config file using WIX 3.6 [P]

2013-05-17 Thread Steven Ogilvie
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] how to read a value from an xml app config file using WIX 3.6 I don't see any option to use a predefined wix element. I think you'll need to write your own code for a custom action. There are lots of good sources

[WiX-users] how to read a value from an xml app config file using WIX 3.6

2013-05-16 Thread Marty Offe
How can I read a value from an application's xml config file and present the value in a dialog? Scenario: During an install a dialog prompts the user for a port number. That port number is written to an application config file using the WIXUtilExtension XmlFile custom action element. During

Re: [WiX-users] how to read a value from an xml app config file using WIX 3.6

2013-05-16 Thread John Cooper
x791011 jocoo...@jackhenry.com www.jackhenry.com -Original Message- From: Marty Offe [mailto:marty.o...@harlandfs.com] Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 4:58 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] how to read a value from an xml app config file using WIX 3.6 How can I read