Loading properties from an external file

[hans]

Is it possible to load predfined values from an external file?

i know that properties can be specified when running msiexec from the command line, but is it possible to load them from an external file?

the purpose of this would be to simplify installation by skipping some dialog pages if certain properties are already defined

[mihai.petcu]

Hello,

You can schedule a custom action on the Begin standard action in the InstallUISequence to set public properties in the installer at install time.

In VBScript, installer public properties can be set like this:

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Session.Property("YOUR_PROPERTY_NAME") = value

In a C++ DLL you can use the MsiSetProperty function.

All the best,
Mihai