[WiX-users] Square Brackets in a Custom Action

[Phillip_Sidari]

I have a custom action that executes appcmd (the IIS 7 tool for metabase
modifications) and it needs to contain '[' and ']' in the command line.

 

The following custom action fails to compile with the square brackets:

 

    <CustomAction Id="SetDefaultAppPoolTo32Bit"

        Directory="TARGETDIR"

        ExeCommand="[WindowsFolder]\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe set
config -section:system.applicationHost/applicationPools
/[name=&apos;DefaultAppPool&apos;].enable32BitAppOnWin64:&quot;True&quot
; /commit:apphost"

        Return="ignore"

        Execute="commit"

        HideTarget="no"

        Impersonate="no" />

 

If I remove the square brackets it executes but performs the wrong
function. 

 

I tried XML escaping them as follows:

 

    <CustomAction Id="SetDefaultAppPoolTo32Bit"

        Directory="TARGETDIR"

        ExeCommand="[WindowsFolder]\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe set
config -section:system.applicationHost/applicationPools
/&#x5B;name=&apos;DefaultAppPool&apos;&#x5D;.enable32BitAppOnWin64:&quot
;True&quot; /commit:apphost"

        Return="ignore"

        Execute="commit"

        HideTarget="no"

        Impersonate="no" />

 

Any other ideas? (besides shipping a separate .bat file that performs
the function).

 

Thanks.

 

-          Phil

 

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