[wix-users] passing APPLICATIONDIRECTORY to a custom action

[kurt.jensen at us.ophiropt.com]

Thanks!  That works.

<SetProperty Id="CAInstall" Value="AppDir=[APPLICATIONDIRECTORY]" Sequence="execute" Before="CAInstall"/>

can be accessed inside of CAInstall() by this code:

string appDir = session.CustomActionData["AppDir"]

-----Original Message-----
From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf Of John Buuck
Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2017 8:06 AM
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Subject: Re: [wix-users] passing APPLICATIONDIRECTORY to a custom action

>From my experience, the SetProperty Value="[APPLICATIONDIRECTORY]" needs to be more like

Value="AppDir=[APPLICATIONDIRECTORY];OtherKey=OtherValue;" (a semicolon-delimeted list of key=value pairs).

Then in your CAInstall custom action retrieve the [APPLICATIONDIRECTORY] by

session.CustomActionData["AppDir"]  (index using the key part of the value)

-----Original Message-----
From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf Of kurt.jensen at us.ophiropt.com
Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2017 9:58 AM
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Subject: Re: [wix-users] passing APPLICATIONDIRECTORY to a custom action

Thanks.

But, what index do I use to access the value?   session.CustomActionData["CAInstall"]?

Does the SetProperty ID have to match the CustomAction Id?

-----Original Message-----
From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf Of Nir Bar
Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2017 7:18 AM
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Subject: Re: [wix-users] passing APPLICATIONDIRECTORY to a custom action

You need to set the value at runtime:
<SetProperty Id="CAInstall" Value="[APPLICATIONDIRECTORY]" Sequence="execute" Before="CAInstall"/>





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