Re: [WiX-users] string replacement in xml files

Simon Burgess Thu, 14 Sep 2006 05:16:39 -0700

Thanks John that’s good to know someone out there is going through the same thing ;-) Could I possibly get a peek at your WiX source that would replace a value within some XML as all I can see from the help is how to create a new element

From: Crouch, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 14 September 2006 06:20
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Cc: Simon Burgess
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] string replacement in xml files

Simon,

I have a very similar issue for an enterprise deployment next year. I am currently using an .ini file which keeps all data for all the deployment locations by computer name (which I know in advance).

[NY-SRV-01]

This-web-config=127.0.0.1

This-exe-config=127.0.0.2

[SF-SRV-02]

This-web-config=721.0.0.1

This-exe-config=721.0.0.2

Then in my WiX generated msi I

Look into the registry for the computer name – assign that to a value
Look up the computer name matching the previous value in my *.ini file
Read off the values that this particular msi requires.
Use XMLFile to update the key values in my web and app config files.

Works fine, however, I am open to any suggestions to improve it.

Kind regards,
National Oilwell Varco

John Crouch
Software Engineer/Developer

National Oilwell Norway AS
Phone: +4751818181
Fax: +4751800547
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Simon Burgess
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 10:48 PM
To: 'WiX-users'
Subject: [WiX-users] string replacement in xml files

I am looking into different ways to handle environment specific information in web.config files. It would seem logical if at deployment time, my installer could determine where it is being run and update a generic config file so that is fit for purpose for the environment it is being run on. I wouldn’t need to create new elements exactly but just search for partular tokens within an xml file and replace them with a value I read in from the registry for example. The following is some sample xml from a config file:

I would need to replace ‘localhost’ with something more appropriate. Is this something the XMLFile element could handle or is there something else in WiX that could help out?

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