[wix-users] Can custom Bootstrapper Application's UI get stored property values from registry using 'remember' pattern?

[John Zajac]

The Persisted variables don't seem to be working for me. (I'm using
v3.10.2.2516)
What would this look like in my log (edited for brevity)?


[0808:0A48][2016-06-14T14:38:55]i001: Burn v3.10.2.2516, Windows v6.3
(Build 9600: Service Pack 0), path: C:\ProgramData\Package
Cache\{f5778739-0cec-40ac-b776-085221295863}\testPackage.exe
[0808:0A48][2016-06-14T14:38:55]i000: Initializing string variable
'InstallFolder' to value '[INSTALLFOLDER]'
[0808:0A48][2016-06-14T14:38:55]i000: Initializing string variable
'Prerequisite' to value ''
[0808:0A48][2016-06-14T14:38:55]i000: Initializing numeric variable
'InstallLevel' to value '1'
[0808:0A48][2016-06-14T14:38:55]i000: Initializing string variable
'DisableAction' to value '1'
[0808:0A48][2016-06-14T14:38:55]i000: Initializing string variable
'DisableServiceControl' to value '1'
[0808:0A48][2016-06-14T14:38:55]i009: Command Line: '/uninstall'
[0808:0A48][2016-06-14T14:38:55]i000: Setting string variable
'WixBundleLog' to value
'C:\Users\johnz\AppData\Local\Temp\testPackage_20160614143855.log'
[0808:0A48][2016-06-14T14:38:55]i000: Setting string variable
'WixBundleManufacturer' to value MyCompany'
[0808:0A48][2016-06-14T14:38:55]i000: Loading managed bootstrapper
application.
[0808:0A48][2016-06-14T14:38:55]i000: Creating BA thread to run
asynchronously.
[0808:0B3C][2016-06-14T14:39:22]i000: Running the Test BA.
[0808:0A48][2016-06-14T14:39:22]i100: Detect begin, 1 packages
[0808:0A48][2016-06-14T14:39:22]i101: Detected package: TestPackage.msi,
state: Present, cached: Complete
[0808:0A48][2016-06-14T14:39:22]i000: Invoking automatic plan for uninstall
[0808:0B3C][2016-06-14T14:39:26]i000: Creating a UI.
[0808:0A48][2016-06-14T14:46:05]i000: Setting string variable
'InstallFolder' to value ''
[0808:0A48][2016-06-14T14:46:05]i199: Detect complete, result: 0x0
[0808:0A48][2016-06-14T14:46:05]i200: Plan begin, 1 packages, action:
Uninstall

On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 11:56 PM, Rob Mensching <rob at firegiant.com> wrote:

> Doesn't the Persisted Variables do all the work for you? No need to
> remember (unless you want the MSI to be able to repair without interaction
> from the Bundle... which would be a pretty weird requirement).
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf
> Of John Zajac
> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 9:19 PM
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> Subject: [wix-users] Can custom Bootstrapper Application's UI get stored
> property values from registry using 'remember' pattern?
>
> I have a custom WiX BA with a custom UI which collects information from
> the installing user and stores/retrieves them in the registry using the
> 'remember' pattern. With this approach, what is the recommended way for
> getting this info back from the registry so that both the BA (for the UI)
> and the MSI (for custom actions) can have them for Uninstall, Repair,
> Modify, etc?
>
> I am using Variable elements in my bundle, for example:
>
> <Variable Name="MyProperty" bal:Overridable="yes" Persisted="yes"
> Type="string" Value="[MYPROPERTY]" />
>
> and then MyProperty elements in my Chain\MsiPackage:
> <MsiProperty Name="MYPROPERTY" Value="[MYPROPERTY]"/>
>
> Again, for my MSI, I typically persist user input into RegistryValue
> elements and then retrieve their values with RegistrySearch, then feed them
> back into the property (the 'remember' pattern).
>
> I based my bootstrapper application off of the WixBA project which calls
> Engine.Detect() before showing the UI.
>
> Or, do I need to have the BA code itself just query the registry?
>
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-- 
-John