[wix-users] Multi instance setup

[Elena Aralla]

sorry, what I wanted to ask is if the value of the ProductName parameter can be somehow passed as a command line parameter instead of being static in the Product.wsx file

msiexec /i mysetup.msi MSINEWINSTANCE=1 TRANSFORMS=":I01” PRODUCTNAME = “BlahBlah”


<InstanceTransforms Property="INSTANCEID">
      <Instance Id="I01" ProductCode="8168F059-7EB8-4A30-B906-57EE371F523B" ProductName=“[PRODUCTNAME]”/>
     …

thank you,
Elena.


> Il giorno 10 mag 2019, alle ore 17:46, Edwin Castro <egcastr at gmail.com> ha scritto:
> 
> ProductName and PRODUCTNAME are different.
> 
> ProductName is a private property.
> See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/msi/private-properties <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/msi/private-properties>
> 
> PRODUCTNAME is a public property.
> See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/msi/public-properties <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/msi/public-properties>
> 
> According to https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/msi/productname <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/msi/productname>
> 
> ProductName "can be changed by a transform"
> See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/msi/about-transforms <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/msi/about-transforms>
> 
> --
> Edwin G. Castro
> 
> 
> On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 7:31 AM Elena Aralla via wix-users <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org <mailto:wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>> wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm trying to do a multiinstance setup following these directions:
> 
> http://sklyarenko.net/blog/2011/09/14/revisited-multiple-instance/ <http://sklyarenko.net/blog/2011/09/14/revisited-multiple-instance/>
> 
> this is part of my Product.wsx
> 
>   <Product Id="*" Name=“MyAppName" Version=“1.0.0.0" Manufacturer=“MyManufacturer" UpgradeCode=        ”SOME GUID">
> 
>     <Package InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes" InstallScope="perMachine" InstallPrivileges="elevated" Languages="0,1040" />
> 
>     <Property Id="INSTANCEID" Value=" " />
> 
>     <InstanceTransforms Property="INSTANCEID">
>       <Instance Id="I01" ProductCode="8168F059-7EB8-4A30-B906-57EE371F523B" ProductName="MyAppName 01"/>
>       <Instance Id="I02" ProductCode="0B25F5B6-D35E-4F2C-95F5-F62B9C9AC98E" ProductName="MyAppName 02"/>
>       <Instance Id="I03" ProductCode="21BFAA6D-3260-4EC6-82E9-04B153C7325F" ProductName="MyAppName 03"/>
>     </InstanceTransforms>
> </Product>
> 
> One question:
> 
> Is it possible to pass the ProductName when calling the installer from the command line?
> 
> Something like 
> 
> msiexec /i mysetup.msi MSINEWINSTANCE=1 TRANSFORMS=":I01” PRODUCTNAME = “user choice"
> 
> 
> Thanks a lot,
> Elena.
> 
> 
> 
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