If it isn't a validation issue, make your C# CA run as immediate in the execute sequence (not the UI sequence) sometime before the RemoveRegistry standard action and populate the Registry table with new temporary rows for each of the registry entries it needs to generate. If you feed it the same properties each time the MSI runs, it will repair the registry values when appropriate and even remove them when you uninstall the component you tag them with. Make sure that the component you use has a key path of the correct category (per-user/profile or per-machine) for the key you place your registry entries into.
This would then be an implementation of http://www.joyofsetup.com/2007/07/01/semi-custom-actions/ -----Original Message----- From: Pound, Robert (CDC/OCOO/ITSO) (CTR) [mailto:u...@cdc.gov] Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 10:34 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] C# Custom Action - Getting Properties when called from Publish Event="DoAction" I am building a C# Custom Action that will be called from dialog button "Publish". The C# CA is working when called from the Publish Event="DoAction". However, I can not get it to access the properties that have been set on the dialog page that the push button control is on. After researching I saw how to use another CustomAction to set the properties that can be accessed by the C# DLL. I was not able to get the C# DLL (called from Publish) to get the properties using this process. To test that my code was working I commented out the Publish Event="DoAction", and modified the "InstallExecuteSequence" to call the C# CA DLL by. I had to change the CustomAction for the DLL from "Execute='immediate'" to 'Execute="deferred"'. The C# CA DLL was able to correctly pick up the properties when I did this. I then commented out the "InstallExecuteSequence" and uncommented the 'Publish Event="DoAction"', this caused mye to get errors during the install. I then changed the CustomAction for the DLL from 'Execute="deferred"' back to "Execute='immediate'". This fixed the install error, but I'm now back at the original problem of not being able to access the properties when the C# CA DLL is called from the 'Publish Event="DoAction"'. Is there a way for a C# CA DLL to access the properties when the CA is called from a 'Publish Event="DoAction"'? The reason why I want to do this is that I am taking the values of the properties, performing some security operations on them and then storing them into a series of registry entries that are dynamically created by the C# DLL. I need to create the new registry entries from the C# DLL, instead of being scripted in WiX. Any suggestions and help will be appreciated. I am using WiX 3.6.1112.0 + VS2010. Snippets of code: Control and Publish: < Control Id="Next" Type="PushButton" X="236" Y="243" Width="56" Height="17" Default="yes" Disabled="no" Text="!(loc.WixUINext)" > < Publish Property ="CA.PARAMS1" Order ="1" Value='"[INPUTPROP1],[INPUTPROP2],[INPUTPROP3]"' /> < Publish Property ="CA.PARAMS2" Order ="1" Value='[INPUTPROP4]' /> < Publish Property ="CA.PARAMS3" Order ="1" Value='[INPUTPROP5]' /> < Publish Event="DoAction" Value="ca.PassParameters" Order="2">1</Publish > < Publish Event="DoAction" Value="ca.My_WiXCustomActions.Sec1" Order="3">1</Publish > </ Control> CUSTOM ACTION FRAGMENT <Fragment Id="Frag.CustomAction"> <Binary Id="bin.My_WiXCustomActions" SourceFile = 'My_WiXCustomActions.CA.dll' /> <CustomAction Id="ca.My_WiXCustomActions.Sec1" BinaryKey="bin.My_WiXCustomActions" DllEntry="Sec1" Execute="immediate" Return="check" /> <CustomAction Id="ca.PassParameters" Return="check" Property="ca.My_WiXCustomActions.Sec1" Value="[CA.PARAMS1], [CA.PARAMS2], [CA.PARAMS3]" /> </<Fragment> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App & Earn a Chance To Win $500! Tap into the largest installed PC base & get more eyes on your game by optimizing for Intel(R) Graphics Technology. Get started today with the Intel(R) Software Partner Program. Five $500 cash prizes are up for grabs. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intelisp-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App & Earn a Chance To Win $500! Tap into the largest installed PC base & get more eyes on your game by optimizing for Intel(R) Graphics Technology. Get started today with the Intel(R) Software Partner Program. Five $500 cash prizes are up for grabs. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intelisp-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
