Re: [WiX-users] Passing Values from the ProductModule to a MergeModule - Solved (plus a question for clarification)

2010-07-21 Thread John Bergman
That is what I thought, but I was still having problems. I have resolve the issue for what I need, (at least for now). In the main product module, you need to declare the properties as follows: Then, in the Merge Module you have to set it up to receive the configuration, and ma

Re: [WiX-users] Passing Values from the ProductModule to a MergeModule

2010-07-21 Thread Blair
I assume Property -Original Message- From: John Bergman [mailto:john.berg...@xpedienttechnologies.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 9:51 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Passing Values from the ProductModule to a MergeModule Even

Re: [WiX-users] Passing Values from the ProductModule to a MergeModule

2010-07-21 Thread John Bergman
] Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 8:34 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Passing Values from the ProductModule to a MergeModule I think you can simplify what you have: Then simply pass in on

Re: [WiX-users] Passing Values from the ProductModule to a MergeModule

2010-07-21 Thread bpackard
I think you can simplify what you have: Then simply pass in on the command line SERVICEUSER and SERVICEPASSWORD. You should not need the custom actions and multiple properties for the same elements. You may need to mark

Re: [WiX-users] Passing Values from the ProductModule to a MergeModule

2010-07-20 Thread John Bergman
d up -Original Message- From: Blair [mailto:os...@live.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 8:04 PM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Passing Values from the ProductModule to a MergeModule You probably also need the Substitution eleme

Re: [WiX-users] Passing Values from the ProductModule to a MergeModule

2010-07-20 Thread John Bergman
discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Passing Values from the ProductModule to a MergeModule Do you redistribute your merge modules or are they only used inside your organization to assist in distributed development?  If the answer is the latter, you can safely ignore

Re: [WiX-users] Passing Values from the ProductModule to a MergeModule

2010-07-20 Thread Christopher Painter
yment Engineering Blog Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread that deserves attention? E-Mail Me - Original Message From: John Bergman To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Sent: Tue, July 20, 2010 7:16:43 PM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Passing Values fro

Re: [WiX-users] Passing Values from the ProductModule to a MergeModule

2010-07-20 Thread Blair
/aa370052.aspx -Original Message- From: Blair [mailto:os...@live.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 5:33 PM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Passing Values from the ProductModule to a MergeModule Try the Configuration element un

Re: [WiX-users] Passing Values from the ProductModule to a MergeModule

2010-07-20 Thread Blair
taller XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Passing Values from the ProductModule to a MergeModule The warning is comforting :-()... Warning 6 The Property/@SuppressModularization attribute has been set to 'yes'. Using this functionality is strongly discouraged; it should only be necessary as

Re: [WiX-users] Passing Values from the ProductModule to a MergeModule

2010-07-20 Thread John Bergman
84:AC) [19:14:54:753]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3: ActionText -Original Message- From: Christopher Painter [mailto:chr...@deploymentengineering.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 6:34 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Passing Values from the

Re: [WiX-users] Passing Values from the ProductModule to a MergeModule

2010-07-20 Thread Blair
As Christopher said: -Original Message- From: John Bergman [mailto:john.berg...@xpedienttechnologies.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 4:42 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Passing Values from the ProductModule to a

Re: [WiX-users] Passing Values from the ProductModule to a MergeModule

2010-07-20 Thread John Bergman
Slight Mis-post In the MergeModule, I have When I look at the log, I can see that my custom actions inside the merge module are working, however, the data is never received from the Product Module (Here is the snippet of the log)... MSI (s) (F4:C0) [18:32:04:396]: Doing action: Set

Re: [WiX-users] Passing Values from the ProductModule to a MergeModule

2010-07-20 Thread Christopher Painter
Modules don't exist in an installer.  Their components are merged and associated to features and then they go away.   That said, you need to define the property elements for ServiceUser and so on in the merge module with no default value and SuppressModularization attribute set to yes. The