?Sorry Pierson...that XML Snippet was slightly wrong (I'm not at home and haven't got access to the original file so had to use a different file and forgot to edit it). Here's the proper snippet (note significant difference to what I posted before):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema";> <DeploymentModelSpecificContent> <Manifest> <SSIS:Project SSIS:ProtectionLevel="DontSaveSensitive" xmlns:SSIS="www.microsoft.com/SqlServer/SSIS"> <SSIS:DeploymentInfo> <SSIS:PackageInfo> <SSIS:PackageMetaData SSIS:Name="..\SSIS\GlobalExecutor.dtsx"> </SSIS:PackageMetaData> </SSIS:PackageInfo> </SSIS:DeploymentInfo> </SSIS:Project> </Manifest> </DeploymentModelSpecificContent> </Project> -----Original Message----- From: Pierson Lee (PIE) Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 8:44 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Are there any known problems with XPathexpressions in custom action? I see the issue now. So your node is looking for SSIS:Name = '..\SSIS\GlobalExecutor.dtsx' where your xml file has SSIS:Name = 'Package.dtsx' . it uses the ElementPath to find the exact node you want to change. Try this: <util:XmlFile Id="StageToWarehouseSSISPackageElementChange" ElementPath="/Project/DeploymentModelSpecificContent/Manifest/SSIS:Project/SSIS:Packages/SSIS:Package[\[]@SSIS:Name='Package.dtsx'[\]]" File="[#StageToWarehouseProjectFile]" Action="setValue" Name="SSIS:Name" Value="GlobalExecutor.dtsx" Sequence="1" /> -----Original Message----- From: Jamie Thomson [mailto:ja...@jamie-thomson.net] Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 12:04 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Are there any known problems with XPath expressions in <XmlFile> custom action? ?Hi Pierson, I thought about that but then, consider the error message: >Failed to find node >"/Project/DeploymentModelSpecificContent/Manifest/SSIS:Project/SSIS:Packages/SSIS:Package[@SSIS:Name='..\SSIS\GlobalExecutor.dtsx']" That's the XPath expression *after* it has escaped the square brackets from: >"/Project/DeploymentModelSpecificContent/Manifest/SSIS:Project/SSIS:Packages/SSIS:Package[\[]@SSIS:Name='..\SSIS\GlobalExecutor.dtsx'[\]]" In other words, the parsed ElementPath has produced the correct XPath expression. Hence I doubt whether the problem is the '\' In answer to your earlier question, here is the XML file that I am trying to change (edited to only show the part that I am attempting to change): <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema";> <DeploymentModelSpecificContent> <Manifest> <SSIS:Project SSIS:ProtectionLevel="DontSaveSensitive" xmlns:SSIS="www.microsoft.com/SqlServer/SSIS"> <SSIS:DeploymentInfo> <SSIS:PackageInfo> <SSIS:PackageMetaData SSIS:Name="Package.dtsx"> </SSIS:PackageMetaData> </SSIS:PackageInfo> </SSIS:DeploymentInfo> </SSIS:Project> </Manifest> </DeploymentModelSpecificContent> </Project> I need to change "Package.dtsx" into "..\SSIS\GlobalExecutor.dtsx" Regards Jamie -----Original Message----- From: Pierson Lee (PIE) Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 7:30 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Are there any known problems with XPath expressions in custom action? Actually I think I know what it is. You need to escape your \ with another \ in your @SSIS:Name= section so it looks like [\[]@SSIS:Name='..\\SSIS\\GlobalExecutor.dtsx'[\]] -----Original Message----- From: Pierson Lee (PIE) [mailto:pierson....@microsoft.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 11:18 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Are there any known problems with XPath expressions in <XmlFile> custom action? I personally have had better success with the XmlConfig tag to do what you are doing. I would verify that the case and property value is correct. It is loking for SSIS:Name= "..\SSIS\GlobalExecutor.dtsx" in the SSIS:Package element. Can you copy that block from your xml file you are attempting to edit so we can see a comparison? -----Original Message----- From: Jamie Thomson [mailto:ja...@jamie-thomson.net] Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 7:03 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Are there any known problems with XPath expressions in <XmlFile> custom action? ?Hi all, I am trying to use <XmlFile> custom action to replace an attribute value in an XML file. I have used an external tool to validate that my XPath query is correct but I get an error: Failed to find node "/Project/DeploymentModelSpecificContent/Manifest/SSIS:Project/SSIS:Packages/SSIS:Package[@SSIS:Name='..\SSIS\GlobalExecutor.dtsx']" when I attempt to call my .msi. Here is my <XmlFile> element: <util:XmlFile Id="StageToWarehouseSSISPackageElementChange" ElementPath="/Project/DeploymentModelSpecificContent/Manifest/SSIS:Project/SSIS:Packages/SSIS:Package[\[]@SSIS:Name='..\SSIS\GlobalExecutor.dtsx'[\]]" File="[#StageToWarehouseProjectFile]" Action="setValue" Name="SSIS:Name" Value="GlobalExecutor.dtsx" Sequence="1" /> Like I say, I have validated that the XPath is correct so does anyone know if there is any known problem here? For extra info, the following XPath does NOT throw the same error: /Project/DeploymentModelSpecificContent/Manifest/SSIS:Project/SSIS:Packages/SSIS:Package so it seems to be having issues with the bit on the end that tries to filter by attribute value. Any advice much appreciated. thanks Jamie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The ultimate all-in-one performance toolkit: Intel(R) Parallel Studio XE: Pinpoint memory and threading errors before they happen. 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