Hello Robert You can't set the value of a property from another property that way. Not supported in the MSI.
If you wish to do this you need to use a custom action type 51 to do this. Regards Michael -----Original Message----- From: Robert O'Brien [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 20 November 2008 12:23 PM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: [WiX-users] CreateDatabase processing failing because databasehostname public property assignment using [%ComputerName] doesn't appear to be working If I use the following <Property Id="DATABASESHOSTNAME" Value="[%ComputerName]"> my log output shows something other than what I'd expect Property(S): DATABASESHOSTNAME = [%ComputerName] and my CreateDatabase call that uses the public property DATABASESHOSTNAME fails If I use the following <Property Id="DATABASESHOSTNAME" Value="localhost"> my log output shows what you'd expect Property(S): DATABASESHOSTNAME = localhost and my CreateDatabase call that uses the public property DATABASESHOSTNAME succeeds Question - Shouldn't the public property assignment using the runtime environment syntax above work? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
