[wix-users] Getting the text displayed in a ComboBox

Axel Holzinger aholzinger at gmx.de
Thu Nov 26 13:53:26 PST 2015


Hello all,

I finally managed to dynamically fill a ComboBox with values by using a
custom DLL and calling WcaAddTempRecord. Imagine a list of installed hard
disk drives names. I gave each entry a "Value" with a fixed template, i.e.
"ValueX". Let's say the property name of my ComboBox is "DISKDRIVES".

Example:
Text="Samsung SSD 850 Pro" Value="Value1"
Text="WD 500GB" Value="Value2"
Text="Seagate Barracuda" Value="Value3"

I added both, Text and Value to be able to select an item from the installer
by adding the line

<Property Id="DISKDRIVES" Value="Value1"/>

Now at a later time in my installer I need the information that was selected
by the user in the ComboBox. If I now use "[DISKDRIVES]" what I get is the
Value, i.e. "Value2", but what I need is the text, i.e. "WD 500GB".

How can I read the text, i.e. "WD 500GB"?

Thanks
Axel




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