[wix-users] Setting Property based on a condition

[Sanket Panchamia]

Thanks Lewis. Worked like a charm.

Being a newbie to wix, I must say this forum has been a significant help in
moving ahead with my project. Thank you all.

On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 8:27 PM, Sanket Panchamia <psanket at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Lewis.
>
> I will try this and check. Appreciate your prompt response.
>
> Sanket
> On 28-Sep-2015 6:21 pm, "Lewis Henderson" <henderso at opentext.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Sanket,
>>
>> I believe your issue is that your condition is ...>txtUserId = ""<...
>> where it should be
>> ...>USERID = ""<...
>>
>> You need to reference the property itself, not by the Id of the edit
>> control.  I hope this clears things up.
>>
>>                                 Lewis Henderson
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On
>> Behalf Of Sanket Panchamia
>> Sent: Monday, September 28, 2015 6:56 AM
>> To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List
>> Subject: [wix-users] Setting Property based on a condition
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am running into a case where i need to set some property based on what
>> value is entered in the Custom Dialog.
>>
>> So i have a EditBox (for User Id)  in my dialog. The next dialog shows
>> what values i entered in this dialog for verification.
>>
>> The condition is that if this edit control is left blank, the user dialog
>> should be set to "UNKNOWN"
>>
>> I have the following code:
>>
>> <Control Type="Edit" Id="txtUserId" Width="111" Height="15" X="184"
>> Y="146"
>> Property="USERID">
>>
>> I tried to code this condition in the "Next" button control but it doesnt
>> work as expected. It always sets the value to "UNKNOWN"
>> This is what i have in the "Next" button control
>>
>> <Control Id="Next" Type="PushButton" X="236" Y="243" Width="56"
>> Height="17"
>> Default="yes" Text="!(loc.WixUINext)">
>>                   <Publish Property="USERID" Value="UNKNOWN">txtUserId =
>> ""</Publish>
>>                 </Control>
>>
>> Seems like i am doing something very basically wrong.
>>
>> Thanks
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