Tried using Session.Property(TOMCATHOME), but it just gives me a null.
(Maybe its a Wix 3 thing? I'm using Wix 2 - management decision).
The only Session.Property that I seem to have access to is
Session.Property(CustomActionData). I tried putting [TOMCATHOME] in there
but it just sends across
If you only have access to CustomActionData then I'm assuming your custom
action is scheduled for deferred mode. You don't get general property
access during a deferred custom action. You need to write an accompanying
immediate-mode custom action that stores all the data required into a
MikeR wrote:
You need to write an accompanying immediate-mode custom action that stores
all the data required into a property named to match your deferred-mode
custom action name. Then you can access that data via the
CustomActionData property in your deferred mode custom action.
Yes -
Can you post the code for your immediate-mode custom action that saves this
value for CustomActionData?
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That seems like it should work. I'm assuming the rest of the values are
coming through to your deferred custom action correctly?
Have you checked a Windows Installer log to see that the correct value of
TOMCATHOME is getting set to the Deploy property when SetDeployParams runs?
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Property Id=T1
RegistrySearch Id=TomcatHome Type=raw Root=HKLM
Key=SOFTWARE\\Tomcat Name=TomcatHome/
/Property
Property Id=T2 Value=[TOMCATHOME]conf\\$(var.SomeFilename) /
CustomAction Id=SetDeployParams Return=check Property=Deploy
Value=Deploy|[T1]|[T2] /
CustomAction Id=Deploy
Here is your error: Property Id=T2
Value=[TOMCATHOME]conf\\$(var.SomeFilename) /
The Property element enters text directly into the Property table. The Value
column of that table is NOT of type Formatted, it is of type Text, which
means that assigning values to properties via that table become
I have a registry entry that contains a directory:
Property Id=TOMCATHOME
RegistrySearch Id=TomcatHome Type=raw Root=HKLM
Key=SOFTWARE\...\Tomcat Name=TomcatHome/
/Property
Then I have a JScript custom action that has to parse an XML file inside
this directory:
var filepath
I believe it would be something like:
Session.Property(TOMCATHOME)
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From: cge [mailto:ell...@avaya.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 2:24 PM
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Subject: [WiX-users] Evaluate property
I have a registry entry that contains a directory
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