The property name you set has to be in the product's SecureCustomProperties, so you'll need to anticipate what the property name is and add that to our product's SecureCustomProperties before you ship or it will not be passed from the UI to the service.
On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 9:09 PM, Sachin Dubey (Tata Consultancy Services) < v-sad...@microsoft.com> wrote: > Hi All, > This problem has made me stuck with no way out. > > I have created MSI using Wix 3.0. have one component that creates the > registry key on install and writes a value. The value is being set from UI. > I want to enable the "Change" option that should Reinstall the component > that creates the registry (write) but the with modified value (value again > set from UI). > > I got some guidance from " > http://www.mail-archive.com/wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg23903.html"; > and wrote the code like: > > 1. Added the component to separate Feature (Feature1) with level 1. > a. Creates registry Key1, with Value = "[VALUE]". Set VALUE = " " > b. Set VALUE = Test_Install from UI during install. > 2. The feature gets installed properly, registry key is created with > desired value. > 3. On change option, set the REINSTALL = "Feature1" and VALUE = > "Test_Reinstall". > 4. The Feature gets Reinstalled properly on Windows 2003 and XP (Vista with > UAC disables). And the registry value is updated with "Test_Reinstall" > > The problem is on Vista with UAC enables, the Feature gets installed, and > the registry key gets updated but with " " (Default value set in Wix file) > not with the VALUE set from UI. > > Second observation - Reinstall (Change) doesn't prompt for credentials, > unlike Install or Remove. > >From log file on Reinstall: > > MSI (s) (6C:C0) [19:44:39:276]: Product > {39EB52BC-295A-4813-B85C-55FCEF59257C} is managed. > MSI (s) (6C:C0) [19:44:39:276]: Machine policy value > 'AlwaysInstallElevated' is 0 > MSI (s) (6C:C0) [19:44:39:276]: User policy value 'AlwaysInstallElevated' > is 0 > MSI (s) (6C:C0) [19:44:39:276]: MSI_LUA: Credential prompt is not required > at this point, product is managed and deployment compliant > MSI (s) (6C:C0) [19:44:39:276]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3: MsiPackageCertificate > MSI (s) (6C:C0) [19:44:39:276]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3: MsiDigitalCertificate > MSI (s) (6C:C0) [19:44:39:277]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding ProductState > property. Its value is '5'. > MSI (s) (6C:C0) [19:44:39:277]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding > ProductToBeRegistered property. Its value is '1'. > MSI (s) (6C:C0) [19:44:39:278]: Entering > CMsiConfigurationManager::SetLastUsedSource. > MSI (s) (6C:C0) [19:44:39:278]: Specifed source is already in a list. > MSI (s) (6C:C0) [19:44:39:278]: User policy value 'SearchOrder' is 'nmu' > MSI (s) (6C:C0) [19:44:39:278]: Machine policy value 'DisableBrowse' is 0 > MSI (s) (6C:C0) [19:44:39:278]: Machine policy value 'AllowLockdownBrowse' > is 0 > MSI (s) (6C:C0) [19:44:39:279]: Machine policy value > 'AlwaysInstallElevated' is 0 > MSI (s) (6C:C0) [19:44:39:279]: User policy value 'AlwaysInstallElevated' > is 0 > MSI (s) (6C:C0) [19:44:39:279]: Product > {39EB52BC-295A-4813-B85C-55FCEF59257C} is admin assigned: LocalSystem owns > the publish key. > MSI (s) (6C:C0) [19:44:39:279]: Product > {39EB52BC-295A-4813-B85C-55FCEF59257C} is managed. > MSI (s) (6C:C0) [19:44:39:279]: Running product > '{39EB52BC-295A-4813-B85C-55FCEF59257C}' with elevated privileges: Product > is assigned. > MSI (s) (6C:C0) [19:44:39:279]: Adding new sources is not allowed. > MSI (s) (6C:C0) [19:44:39:279]: Package name retrieved from configuration > data: Test.msi' > MSI (s) (6C:C0) [19:44:39:279]: Determined that existing product (either > this product or the product being upgraded with a patch) is installed > per-machine. > MSI (s) (6C:C0) [19:44:39:279]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3: Error > MSI (s) (6C:C0) [19:44:39:281]: Note: 1: 2262 2: AdminProperties 3: > -2147287038 > MSI (s) (6C:C0) [19:44:39:281]: Machine policy value > 'AlwaysInstallElevated' is 0 > MSI (s) (6C:C0) [19:44:39:281]: User policy value 'AlwaysInstallElevated' > is 0 > MSI (s) (6C:C0) [19:44:39:281]: Product > {39EB52BC-295A-4813-B85C-55FCEF59257C} is admin assigned: LocalSystem owns > the publish key. > MSI (s) (6C:C0) [19:44:39:281]: Product > {39EB52BC-295A-4813-B85C-55FCEF59257C} is managed. > MSI (s) (6C:C0) [19:44:39:281]: Running product > '{39EB52BC-295A-4813-B85C-55FCEF59257C}' with elevated privileges: Product > is assigned. > MSI (s) (6C:C0) [19:44:39:281]: Machine policy value 'EnableUserControl' is > 0 > MSI (s) (6C:C0) [19:44:39:281]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding > RestrictedUserControl property. Its value is '1'. > MSI (s) (6C:C0) [19:44:39:281]: Ignoring disallowed property INSTALLDIR > MSI (s) (6C:C0) [19:44:39:281]: Ignoring disallowed property TARGETDIR > MSI (s) (6C:C0) [19:44:39:281]: Ignoring disallowed property VALUE > > > > It shows the VALUE is set properly but while writing the registry passes it > as " ". > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated in this regard. I can provide more > details if needed. > > Thanks > Sachin > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by: > High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. > Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > -- Heath Stewart Deployment Technologies Team, Microsoft http://blogs.msdn.com/heaths ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. 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