This post is a little long, but hopefully it provides enough information to provide some insight into what the problem is that I am having, and when a solution or directions are provided, it will provide enough context to help others who may have the same requirement later.
I have been struggling with this for more than a day now. I need to pass some of the parameters received on the command line of the installer to a MergeModule (all in Wix). It is a Merge Module because it will be provided to a customer to embed in their installers as well. Basically The Merge Module consists of a service, as follows (Pruned): <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi"; xmlns:util="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension";> <Module Id="MM.WindowService" Language="1033" Version="1.0.0.0"> <Package Id="GUID2" InstallerVersion="200" Manufacturer=" " /> <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> <Directory Id="MergeRedirectFolder"> <Component Id='component_WindowsService' Guid="GUID1" DiskId='1'> <!-- Install the service --> <ServiceInstall Id='ServiceInstaller' Type='ownProcess' Vital="yes" Name="XPedientServiceHost" DisplayName="XPedient Services Host" Description="XPedient Services Host" Start="auto" Account="[ServiceUser]" Password="[ServicePassword]" ErrorControl="normal" Interactive="no" > <ServiceDependency Id="Eventlog" /> <util:ServiceConfig FirstFailureActionType="restart" SecondFailureActionType="restart" ThirdFailureActionType="restart"/> </ServiceInstall> </Component> </Directory> </Directory> <Property Id="SERVICEUSER" Value=""/> <Property Id="SERVICEPASSWORD" Value="" /> <Property Id="ServiceUser" Value="administrator"/> <Property Id="ServicePassword" Value="password" /> <CustomAction Id='SetServiceUser' Property='ServiceUser' Value='[SERVICEUSER]' /> <CustomAction Id='SetServicePassword' Property='ServicePassword' Value='[SERVICEPASSWORD]' /> <InstallExecuteSequence> <Custom Action='SetServiceUser' After='LaunchConditions'></Custom> <Custom Action='SetServicePassword' After='LaunchConditions'></Custom> </InstallExecuteSequence> </Module> </Wix> I have tried it with and without the custom action and additional properties. I just cannot seem to figure out how to get the information passed into the merge module; all of the googling I did indicated that others had tried, but I was not able to find any further hints than what I have included within this request for help. I did see that Rob had answered a similiar problem quite sometime ago but I did not understand his reply about using .Module/@Property, and have not been able to find any sort of information as to how that would work either. The Product Module looks like this: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi"; xmlns:util="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension";> <Product Id="GUID3" Name=" " Language="1033" Version="1.4.3.0" UpgradeCode="GUID4" Manufacturer=" "> <Package Id="*" InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes" Keywords=" " Description="" /> <Media Id="1" Cabinet="WindowsService.cab" EmbedCab="yes" DiskPrompt=" Installation Media"/> <Directory Id='TARGETDIR' Name='SourceDir'> <Directory Id='ProgramFilesFolder' Name='PFiles'> <Directory Id="XT" Name="XT"> <!-- WindowsService --> <Directory Id="WINDOWSSERVICE" Name="WindowsService"> <Merge Id='mm.xpj.winservice' Language='1033' SourceFile='WindowsService.msm' DiskId='1'> <ConfigurationData Name='SERVICEUSER' Value='[XPJDOMAIN]\[XPJUSER]'/> <ConfigurationData Name='SERVICEPASSWORD' Value='[XPJPASSWORD]'/> </Merge> <<<< SNIPPED >>>>> <!-- ************************************************************** Command Line Parameters, and Actions to Retrieve and User them ************************************************************** --> <!-- Command Line Parameters (and their defaults --> <Property Id="XPJDOMAIN" Value="XPTDomain" /> <Property Id="XPJUSER" Value="XPTUser" /> <Property Id="XPJPASSWORD" Value="XPTPassword" /> <!-- Custom Actions used to set the Command Line Parameters to the properties used for installation --> <CustomAction Id='SetPermissionableUser' Property='PermissionableUser' Value='[XPJDOMAIN]\[XPJUSER]' /> <!-- ************************************************************** Install/Uninstall Actions ************************************************************** --> <!-- Install/Uninstall Actions --> <InstallExecuteSequence> <Custom Action='SetPermissionableUser' After='LaunchConditions'></Custom> <RemoveExistingProducts After="InstallFinalize"></RemoveExistingProducts> </InstallExecuteSequence> </Product> </Wix> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
