Sorry, thought that part was working. Did you add bal:Overridable='yes' to the MYVAR Variable definition?
On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 8:34 AM, Steven Ogilvie <steven.ogil...@titus.com>wrote: > No it is only for install time... In the MSI I create a registry entry > based on the command line parameter CONFIGURATION=Something > > But you didn't answer my question... > > I see that burn is reading the command line parameter but I am not able to > pass it to the MSI package as a Property... what am I doing wrong? > > I am doing MyBurnEXE.exe MYVAR=Something > > > > Then in the MSIPackage: > > <MsiPackage Id="MainInstall" > > DisplayName="$(var.ProductName)" > > SourceFile="$(var.OutDir)MyMSI.msi" > > Name="RedistTMC\MyMSI.msi" > > InstallCondition="some install condition" > > DisplayInternalUI="no" > > Visible="no" > > Cache="no" > > Compressed="no" > > Permanent="no" > > Vital="yes"> > > <MsiProperty Name="MYVAR" Value="[MYVAR]" /> > > </MsiPackage> > > Thanks, > > Steve > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] > Sent: April-16-13 11:19 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Burn command line parameters > > Do you want the MYVAR Burn Variable to be saved after the initial install? > If so add Persist='yes' to the Variable definition of MYVAR. Otherwise, it > will be reset every time the Bundle runs. > > > On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 8:03 AM, StevenOgilvie <sogil...@msn.com> wrote: > > > I am trying the same thing and I don't understand your response :( > > > > I am doing MyBurnEXE.exe MYVAR=Something > > > > Then in the MSIPackage: > > <MsiPackage Id="MainInstall" > > DisplayName="$(var.ProductName)" > > SourceFile="$(var.OutDir)MyMSI.msi" > > Name="RedistTMC\MyMSI.msi" > > InstallCondition="some install condition" > > DisplayInternalUI="no" > > Visible="no" > > Cache="no" > > Compressed="no" > > Permanent="no" > > Vital="yes"> > > <MsiProperty Name="MYVAR" Value="[MYVAR]" /> > > </MsiPackage> > > > > In the burn/bootstrapper log file I see cmdline: 'MYVAR=Something blah > > blah...' > > so I know it is being picked up, > > > > But later on in burn/bootstrapper log file I see the MSI being > > launched and has arguments: ' MYVAR="" > > > > I even tried <MsiProperty Name="MYVAR" Value="MYVAR" /> but that > > literally took the value as MYVAR :( > > > > What am I doing wrong? > > > > thanks, > > > > Steve > > > > > > > > -- > > View this message in context: > > http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Burn-com > > mand-line-parameters-tp7323306p7585201.html > > Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------- Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of > > advanced analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs > > for building apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. > > Developers can use our toolset for easy data analysis & visualization. > > Get a free account! > > http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced > analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building > apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use our > toolset for easy data analysis & visualization. Get a free account! > http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced > analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building > apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use > our toolset for easy data analysis & visualization. Get a free account! > http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use our toolset for easy data analysis & visualization. Get a free account! http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
