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Help in Setup project - passing command line parameter

ABCL
12/16/2005 3:20:39 AM

visual studio .net setup: Hi all,
I am new to deployment of application. If any one please help me on it
, that will be great.
During the installation of project, Installer will execute an utility(
It will display Winform with all empty Textboxes . If user want to
make changes in config file, user has to click on button to browse
config file so it displays configuration file values on Form., and
USer can make changes on it and save it to config file).
Is there any way that when this utility will execute, The winform will
be prepopulated with config file values( so user does not need to click
a button to load config file ).I know that can be done by passing
config file location( FilePath) vis command line
How and where can I pass command line parameter ( config filePath) in
Installer and how can I read it and where can I read So this from will
be prepopulated with configuration file value.?

Please help me to find the solution. Any sample code will be great
help.
Thanks in advance
ABCL

Re: Help in Setup project - passing command line parameter

Phil Wilson
12/16/2005 7:29:46 AM

In a command line you'd say:
msiexec /i <path to msi> MYLOC=C:\Whatever\this.config
and pass [MYLOC] to the program being run as a custom action.

but that's rather odd - most people expect to double-click an MSI file and
it just works. Where does the config file come from and why can't you locate
it automatically?
--
Phil Wilson
[Microsoft MVP-Windows Installer]
Definitive Guide to Windows Installer
http://apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=280

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