The installer copies two files; an exe and a config (the xml file) into the
same directory (finally got that to work!). The next thing I need to do is
update the xml config file with the 3 command line parameters being supplied
during a silent install. Currently I am just testing 1 parameter with a command
line like this...
Msiexec /i "setup.msi" /qn /l*v c:\install.log PROJECT="test"
The goal here is to update the programs xml based config file
(RollCall.exe.config) with the value of the parameter PROJECT
I changed my wix file to use...
<Component Id="RollCall.exe.config" Guid="3b367d78-64a2-4eb5-bf8d-3aa5ada56735">
<File Id="RollCallexeconfig" Source="C:\Documents and Settings\chrisj\My
Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\Roll Call\Roll
Call\bin\Release\RollCall.exe.config" DiskId="1" KeyPath="yes" />
<util:XmlConfig Id="AddProjectText"
File="[INSTALLLOCATION]\RollCall.exe.config"
ElementPath="/configuration/applicationSettings/RollCall.Properties.Settings/setting[...@key='project'[\]]/value"
Value="[PROJECT]"
On="install"
Sequence="1" />
</Component>
My original concern is that since my file already had a tag with a name of
project and that I would need to delete it and then recreate it. I came to this
conclusion do to the XmlFile action having only; create and delete
actions...and nothing like an update action.
From reading your response I see I am missing the usage of create as you have
stated below. I will change my XmlConfig to include the action "create" and
test again.
I feel I am getting close... =)
-- Chris
-----Original Message-----
From: Blair [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 11:14 AM
To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.'
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] failed install, error is Failed to open XML file
XmlConfig, just like XmlFile, depend on the XML file already existing when the
action runs. The syntax between the two actions is slightly different, and the
capabilities are slightly different, but I'm not sure what you are referring to
when you say "do I need to delete the file first or can I use a create action
directly".
If the element you want to modify already exists, you can simply change the
element by "creating" its value (or the value of its attribute, depending on
what you are trying to do). I'm assuming that you were asking about the
perceived need to delete the value/element/attribute first (instead of file?).
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Jokinen [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 7:58 AM
To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.'
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] failed install, error is Failed to open XML file
Ok, I found this old posting on the same issue I am having.
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg22390.html
It would look like I need to switch from XmlFile to XmlConfig to do what I need
to do. I see the example that Brian posted was
<util:XmlConfig Id="AddElementText"
File="[SOMEEXISTINGFILE]"
Action="create"
ElementPath="/someElement"
Node="value"
Value="NEW TEXT"
On="install"
Sequence="1" />
My question is do I need to delete the file first or can I use a create action
directly?
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Jokinen [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 5:15 PM
To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.'
Subject: [WiX-users] failed install, error is Failed to open XML file
This extract is from my msi log file.
MSI (s) (6C:D8) [16:49:36:281]: Executing op:
CustomActionSchedule(Action=ExecXmlFile,ActionType=3073,Source=BinaryData,Target=ExecXmlFile,CustomActionData=1€0€\RollCall.exe.config€3€0€/configuration/applicationSettings/RollCall.Properties.Settings/setti...@key='project']/value/€value€test)
MSI (s) (6C:B8) [16:49:36:281]: Invoking remote custom action. DLL:
C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSIF10.tmp, Entrypoint: ExecXmlFile
ExecXmlFile: Found Wow64 API, but unable to link to
Wow64DisableWow64FsRedirection function in kernel32.dll
ExecXmlFile: Found Wow64 API, but unable to link to
Wow64RevertWow64FsRedirection function in kernel32.dll
ExecXmlFile: Error 0x8007006e: failed to load XML file: \RollCall.exe.config
MSI (s) (6C!28) [16:49:36:312]: Product: setup -- Error 25531. Failed to open
XML file \RollCall.exe.config, system error: -2147024786
It looks to have an issue with Wow64…any guidance on this error?
Thanks
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