I would use firstSequence too. It has worked well for me in this scenario as I do harvest data from one of my config files on upgrade. I have a table-driven custom action that does a bunch of XML reads on XPATHs and stores them into properties.
-- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer -- ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.(r) Shawnee Mission, KS 66227 Office: 913-341-3434 x791011 jocoo...@jackhenry.com www.jackhenry.com -----Original Message----- From: Blair Murri [mailto:os...@live.com] Sent: Monday, December 2, 2013 10:53 PM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Help migrating Serial number during upgrade Another way is to set the @Execute attribute of the CustomAction element to the value firstSequence. Then you don't need to condition it nor create additional source files. > Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2013 13:43:22 +1100 > From: goodridge....@gmail.com > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Help migrating Serial number during upgrade > > To have it in both but execute once, a yourself tool is an include > file in both sequences. You'll probably find there are other CA that > should just be executed the once e.g. > <?include SharedExecuteActions.wxi ?> > > Then in SharedExecuteActions.wxi place a CA that has the condition NOT > SECONDSEQUENCE so it is only executed once: > <Custom Action="MyCA" Before="FindRelatedProducts"> > <![CDATA[NOT SECONDSEQUENCE]]> > </Custom> > > warm regards > > Rob Goodridge > > > On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 6:22 AM, Hoover, Jacob > <jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com>wrote: > > > Since the serial number is "user data" I would expect it to > > persist after uninstall. If this is a per machine install I'd expect > > the file to live under CommonAppData in a Mfg/App sub folder. As > > such, the only need for a CA is to read this data on major upgrade > > (if you really think the installer should be the one prompting for a > > serial number). To be honest, I'd go with the recommended approach > > of the installer only doing the installing, and the registration > > happening upon first run of the application. > > > > That being said, if you really need this inside your > > installer, I wouldn't move the license file but rather I'd have a CA > > for reading all the info out of the file. Schedule this CA early in > > your sequence (have it in both but schedule it to only run once) and > > have it populate Secure and Hidden properties that would then be used to > > populate your dialog in the UI. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: tyler.w.r...@accenture.com [mailto:tyler.w.r...@accenture.com] > > Sent: Monday, December 02, 2013 12:41 PM > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: [WiX-users] Help migrating Serial number during upgrade > > > > Hello, > > > > I have been tasked with creating a custom action that will > > migrate the user's serial number during a major upgrade. 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