Thanks Blair, that cleans it up nicely.

Blair-2 wrote:
> 
> How about this?
> 
> <?define InputValidated="SERVERNAME AND DATABASENAME AND
> (USEINTEGRATEDSECURITY = 1 OR (DBUSERNAME AND DBPASSWORD))"?>
> 
> <Control Id="Next" Type="PushButton" X="236" Y="243" Width="56"
> Height="17"
> Default="yes" Text="Next">
>           <!-- Validate input -->
>           <Publish Event="SpawnDialog" Value="IncompleteInputErrorDlg">
>             NOT ($(var.InputValidated))
>           </Publish>
>           <Publish Event="NewDialog" Value="IISDlg">
>             $(var.InputValidated)
>           </Publish>
>         </Control>
> 
> Yes, I realize that this maintains the double-evaluation, but it is more
> maintainable (since you type it only once) and the time to evaluate
> shouldn't be long compared to the time required to use the UI via mouse
> and/or keyboard.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pmdarrow [mailto:pdar...@metaworks.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 10:34 AM
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [WiX-users] Input Validation
> 
> 
> Hi all, what's the best way to validate that several required fields on a
> dialog are filled in? I've done some searching on this list but haven't
> found anything conclusive. Here's a snippet of a dialog that asks the user
> to enter some database information:
> 
> <Control Id="Next" Type="PushButton" X="236" Y="243" Width="56"
> Height="17"
> Default="yes" Text="Next">
>           <!-- Validate input -->
>           <Publish Event="SpawnDialog" Value="IncompleteInputErrorDlg">
>             NOT (SERVERNAME AND DATABASENAME AND (USEINTEGRATEDSECURITY =
> 1
> OR (DBUSERNAME AND DBPASSWORD)))
>           </Publish>
>           <Publish Event="NewDialog" Value="IISDlg">
>             SERVERNAME AND DATABASENAME AND (USEINTEGRATEDSECURITY = 1 OR
> (DBUSERNAME AND DBPASSWORD))
>           </Publish>
>         </Control>
> 
> This works, but I don't like repeating those two statements (albeit one
> wrapped in a NOT). It seems like this is the only way I can get it to
> validate every time. If I store the result of the main statement in a
> property, the property doesn't get reset when going back or forward in the
> wizard so therefore it only validates the input once. Any ideas?
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