Hi,
So you want to install file a or b depending on feature 1 and 2.
But the problem arises as you have feature 2 as a sub feature of feature
one.
So :-
<Component Id="a">
<File Id ="abc" Name="abc.txt" Source="C:\abc.txt"/>
</Component>
<Component Id="b">
<File Id ="xyz" Name="xyz.txt" Source="C:\xyz.txt"/>
</Component>
<Feature1>
<ComponentRef a />
<Feature2>
<ComponentRef b />
</Feature2>
</Feature1>
...will partly work but if you choose feature two you will get both
files as it is a child feature.
The simplest fix is to make Feature2 not a child.
Unfortunatly it is not a trivial task just to condition the components
on the feature state (see Bob's article here
http://www.joyofsetup.com/2008/04/09/feature-states-in-component-conditi
ons/).
Bob's article suggests calling a custom action from the UI to set the
component state directly, my guess in this case that would be to stop
component a installing if feature 2 is selected.
Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: mahesh u [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 09 July 2009 16:06
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditionally pass the property value
toFileElement Name, Source attributes.
My WiX file is something like this:
<Component Id="a">
<File Id ="abc" Name="abc.txt" Source="C:\abc.txt"/> </Component>
<Component
<Feature1>
<ComponentRef a />
<ComponentRef b/>
<Feature2>
<ComponentRef z/>
</Feature2>
</Feature1>
So, my requirement is Component 'a' should be executed with file
"abc.txt"
if Feature1 is marked for install and it should be executed with
Name="xyz.txt" if Feature2 is marked for install.
I can know whether a feature is marked for install or not only after
CostFinalize action. But, conditions are valid only before CostFinalize
action.
So, I have written a CustomAction to check for this after CostFinalize
action. I thought of setting a property based on Custom Action and pass
that value to File element Name attribute. [Instead of abc.txt] a
property like [FILEARGS].
So, Is this valid? OR Is there some other way to solve the problem?.
--Thanks
On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 4:40 PM, David Watson <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> It sounds like you are trying to condifionally install one of two
> files based on which feature is selected.
>
> If you want to do this you should include both files in your installer
> under separate features, in separate components, possible with a
> component condition.
>
> Or maybe I didn't understand what you are trying to achieve.
>
> Dave
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mahesh u [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: 09 July 2009 11:23
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditionally pass the property value to
> FileElement Name, Source attributes.
>
> The problem I am facing is that I cannot use preprocessor variables
> for PATHARGS because the selection of feature can only be got in run
time...
> So, I want to set a property only based on feature selection and use
> it in Source attribute of File element..
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 3:14 PM, Sebastian Brand (Instyler Software) <
> [email protected] <wix%[email protected]> <
> wix%[email protected] <wix%[email protected]>>> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > The @Source is used by the WiX compiler when creating the .msi file
> > to
>
> > read the file you want to add to the msi. WiX does not handle any []
> > Properties during compile time - Properties are handled by the MSI
> > Engine during installation.
> > To achieve your goal use a compiler variable, e.g. "$(var.PATHARGS)"
> > -
>
> > these variables can be set when starting wix and will be handled by
> > the Preprocessor. See WiX help "Preprocessor" for more.
> >
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Sebastian Brand
> >
> > Instyler Setup - Creating WiX-based MSI installations, elegantly.
> > http://www.instyler.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mahesh u [mailto:[email protected]]
> > Sent: July 09, 2009 11:26
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: [WiX-users] Conditionally pass the property value to File
> > Element Name, Source attributes.
> >
> > I am using Wix Version 2.
> >
> > I have the two features F1 and F2. F2 is a sub component of F1. I
> > have
>
> > a component C1 which is kept inside F1.
> >
> > The component C1 has a file element like this:
> >
> > <File Id="xyz" Name="abc.txt" Source="C:\abc.txt" />
> >
> > But, the Source attribute path and Name attribute depends on the
> > Feature which is selected.
> > So, I tried to have a custom action to set a property PATHARGS to
> > the path based on selection of a feature (F1 or F2) and also
> > property FILENAME to set appropriate file based on selection of
> > Feature (F1 or F2).
> >
> > Now, if I redefine File element as
> >
> > <File Id="xyz" Name="[FILENAME]" Source="[PATHARGS]" /> ,
> >
> > the File element is unable to read the property value.
> >
> > So, my questions are:
> >
> > 1) Why are the above mentioned steps not working properly?
> > 2) Is there any other way to pass property values to File Name and
> > Source element.
> >
> > --thanks..
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