[wix-users] string via command line is being parsed... [P]

[John Cooper]

The obvious:  By default, variables in the bundle are NOT overrideable.  Is your variable marked bal:Overrideable?

If you're using a custom BA or MBA, parsing the command line is up to the BA.

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From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf Of Steven Ogilvie
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2016 3:55 PM
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Darn it is messing with my strings in the email

I passed: ( have put a space between https and the colon : so the string won't be messed up

I ran the installer as: TITUSClassificationSetup.exe PACKAGE_VALIDATION=https : //localhost/{{USER}}/{{LCID}}/{USER}/{LCID}

But passed it to the MSI as:
PACKAGE_VALIDATION=https : //localhost///{USER}/{LCID}

Then the Bootstrapper has it as:
Variable: PACKAGE_VALIDATION = https : //localhost///{USER}/{LCID}






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-----Original Message-----
From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf Of Steve Ogilvie
Sent: December 20, 2016 4:51 PM
To: WiX User List <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
Subject: [wix-users] string via command line is being parsed...

Hi all,


In my Bundle I have a variable that I can pass to my MSI, I have it set up as:


<Variable Name="PACKAGE_VALIDATION" Type="string" bal:Overridable="yes" Value="PACKAGE_VALIDATION"/>


then I can pass the string to the MSI via:


<MsiProperty Name="PACKAGE_VALIDATION" Value="[PACKAGE_VALIDATION]"/>


I ran the installer as: Setup.exe https://localhost/{{USER}}/{{LCID}}/{USER}/{LCID}<https://localhost/%7b%7bUSER%7d%7d/%7b%7bLCID%7d%7d/%7bUSER%7d/%7bLCID%7d>

The Bootstrapper (EXE) received and passed the string as:
Command line parameter:           PACKAGE_VALIDATION=https://localhost/{{USER}}/{{LCID}}/{USER}/{LCID}
Setting string variable 'PACKAGE_VALIDATION' to value 'https://localhost/{{USER}}/{{LCID}}/{USER}/{LCID}'

But passed it to the MSI as:
PACKAGE_VALIDATION=https://localhost///{USER}/{LCID}<https://localhost/%7bUSER%7d/%7bLCID%7d>

Then the Bootstrapper has it as:
Variable: PACKAGE_VALIDATION = https://localhost///{USER}/{LCID}<https://localhost/%7bUSER%7d/%7bLCID%7d>

So it is stripping out "{{blah}}"

Any ideas as to why?

thanks,

Steve


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