What's in the registry at HKCU\Software\Microsoft\MS Setup(Acme)\User Info?
Phil Wilson -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stuart A. Malone Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 1:57 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Localized [USERNAME] string expanded at build time? On Jan 4, 2007, at 3:38 PM, Rob Mensching wrote: > [USERNAME] should evaluate to whatever you set that Property to at > runtime or hard coded into the Property table. That's just the problem. I'm not setting the property at runtime, and it isn't in my Property table. However, the problem isn't in WiX, either. I used Orca to examine the MSI file generated by WiX, and the radio button still has [USERNAME] there in the string. So I was wrong about WiX expanding the property at build time. I also checked the Property table to make sure there wasn't any entry for USERNAME. I ran my installer with logging turned on, and got this very near the beginning: MSI (c) (20:08) [16:12:23:163]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding USERNAME property. Its value is 'Stuart A. Malone'. The problem is that at the time I was logged in as the admin user "Testing". This was followed a few lines later by: MSI (c) (20:08) [16:12:23:173]: Doing action: INSTALL Action start 16:12:23: INSTALL. MSI (c) (20:08) [16:12:23:173]: UI Sequence table 'InstallUISequence' is present and populated. MSI (c) (20:08) [16:12:23:173]: Running UISequence So as far as I can tell, USERNAME is being set before my UISequence is being called, which I assume means that it's being set incorrectly by MSI itself. I have no idea why MSI would be using my name rather than the name of the current logged-in user. Perhaps MSI is setting USERNAME to the name registered in the System control panel, rather than the name of the current logged in user. I'm on XP SP 2, and user switching is disabled. Any thoughts on this problem? If I can't resolve it, I'll probably just eliminate the [USERNAME] string from the localization file, on the grounds that in code, as often in life, it's better to be silent than be wrong. Best wishes, --Stuart A. Malone Llamagraphics, Inc. Makers of Life Balance personal coaching software http://www.llamagraphics.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDE V _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
