Hi,
If you own the merge module you can make the property alterable.
I did an example with a property called DBNAME a while back...
In the merge module add something like this.
<Configuration Name="DBNAME_Property" Format="Text" NonNullable="yes"
DefaultValue="defaultValue" />
<Property Id="DBNAME" Value="unset"/>
<Substitution Table="CustomAction" Row="setdbname" Column="Target"
Value="[=DBNAME_Property]" />
<CustomAction Property="DBNAME" Value="[DBNAME]" Id="setdbname"
Execute="immediate" />
<InstallExecuteSequence>
<Custom Action="setdbname" After="LaunchConditions" />
</InstallExecuteSequence>
Add to the main wix
<Property Id="DBNAME" Value="adefaultvalue" />
<Merge Id="blob" DiskId="1" Language="1033"
SourceFile="..\mergey\mergey.msm">
<ConfigurationData Name="DBNAME_Property" Value="[DBNAME]" />
</Merge>
-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com]
Sent: 16 November 2010 04:05
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] avoiding GUID decoration in merge module
propertyname
Property/@SuppressModularization documentation says:
SuppressModularization
YesNoType<mk:@MSITStore:C:\Program%20Files%20(x86)\Windows%20Installer%2
0XML%20v3.6\doc\WiX.chm::/html/wix_xsd_simple_type_yesnotype.htm>
Use
to suppress modularization of this property identifier in merge modules.
Using this functionality is strongly discouraged; it should only be
necessary as a workaround of last resort in rare scenarios.
On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 6:09 PM, Alan Sinclair
<alan.sincl...@citrix.com>wrote:
> I need to set a property "MYSPECIALDATA" in a merge module, but the
> property name cannot have a guid appended because MYSPECIALDATA is
read
> later by the consuming MSI (which doesn't know guids).
>
> Is there any way this can be done in WiX 3? I'd like to use a type 51
> custom action to set the property, but can't get an undecorated
property
> name; it doesn't seem to make a difference whether the property name
is
> defined outside of the custom action or not.
>
> I'd hate to have to script up removing the guid after the merge module
is
> compiled!
>
> thanks
> Alan
>
>
>
>
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