As Jacob says, those messages come from the ActionText data in the MSI files. Take a look at what's in there, if anything. If you want to control the text, that's the place to start. The callbacks just send you what's in there.
I haven't looked at the bootstrapper and exactly what it may do with the original messages but these may give you more insight into what's going on, if you haven't seen them before: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370385(v=vs.85).aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb309215(v=vs.85).aspx --------------- Phil Wilson On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 6:16 AM, Steve-Ogilvie <steven.ogil...@titus.com> wrote: > In the bootstrapper the burn engine is tacking on: > Action <time>: CustomAction name. progress text > > I don't believe I can change the first two elements (Action <time>:) > > I am just using straight forward strings to describe what the custom action > is doing, my dev manager wants to filter out the extra fluff. > > As well I have 5 merge modules and any CA progress text from them the custom > action name is: > > Action <time>: CustomActionName.MergeModuleGUID. progress text > which makes a very long string which gets cut off because of the GUID being > tacked on. > > Here is a "normal" progress text I have: > <CustomAction Id="CA_Set_DbBackup" Property="CA_DBBACKUP" > Value="[DATABASE_NAME]|[DATABASE_SERVERNAME]|"/> > <CustomAction Id="CA_DBBACKUP" BinaryKey="BIN_CustomAction" > DllEntry="BackupsDatabase" Impersonate="yes" Execute="deferred" > Return="check" /> > <UI> > <ProgressText Action="CA_DBBACKUP">CA: Backing up the > database...</ProgressText> > </UI> > > This would display: > Action <some time>: CA_DBBACKUP. CA: Backing up the database... > > Be nice to just have: > CA: Backing up the database... > > Steve > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/displaying-action-data-text-in-ExecuteProgressActionDataText-tp7592731p7592773.html > Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications > Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. > Read the Whitepaper. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121054471&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. Read the Whitepaper. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121054471&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
