Hi,... Maybe I am wrong but as I remember you need to use Public properies (in capital letters).
>From thread [WiX-users] Conditional Components: Private properties aren't passed from the UI sequence to the execute sequence. You need to use a public property (named in all uppercase) and MSI will pass it to the execute sequence as you expect. I hope it will help you. stefan Petrut Andrei wrote: > Hi. Please help me to understand something. I have a > .wxs file in which I create a virtual directory and I > want to put in the Alias attribute a value that I take > at runtime from the user. That value is written in an > edit control in another file, and I want to take it > and use it in the first file. I tried to put a > property > in the edit tag and then reference it in the first > file > So, this is how it looks: > > In the First file: > > <Component Id="TestWebVirtualDirComponent" > Permanent="no" > Guid="054604ca-1790-4c0c-b076-531ff9a5b374"> > <WebVirtualDir Id="TestWebVirtualDir" Alias='[WebDir]' > Directory="INSTALLDIR" WebSite='DefaultWebSite'> > <WebApplication Id="TestWebApplication" Name="Test" /> > </WebVirtualDir> > </Component> > > The second file contains: > <Control Id='WebAppName' Type='Edit' X='260' > Y='120' Width='100' Height='20' Property='WebDir'/> > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > __________ NOD32 1.1727 (20060826) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > > -- Stefan Pavlik | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Whitestein Technologies | www.whitestein.com Panenska 28 | SK-81103 Bratislava | Slovak Republic Tel +421(2)5930-0735 | Fax +421(2)5443-5512 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users