Installer [modified]

[KenBonny]

I'm making an installer of my webservices and I'm stuck at the last bit. I'm trying to change some values in a custom xml file that I'm installing. I don't save my settings in an web.config file, but in either public, protected or private.config.xml file. I want to change the $logPath$ variable in the document with the installation path. I've figured out that with custom code I can do:

    MyBase.Install(stateSaver)

    Dim xmlDocument As New System.Xml.XmlDocument
    Dim strPath As String = System.IO.Path.Combine(Context.Parameters.Item("TARGETDIR"), "public.config.xml")

    If System.IO.File.Exists(strPath) Then
        xmlDocument.Load(strPath)

        xmlDocument.ToString().Replace("$logPath$", Context.Parameters.Item("TARGETDIR"))

        xmlDocument.Save(strPath)
    End If

Rinse and repeat for the other files. But I get an error: "1001 - parameter path1 cannot be null". That's the first parameter of the System.IO.Path.Combine() function. But it's not null, there should be a path set.

modified on Monday, June 27, 2011 10:35 AM

[KenBonny]

I didn't know I had to pass the variables I want to use to my installer class. Read the below article to know what I did wrong (and how you can avoid it too). Visual Studio Setup - projects and custom actions, by Phil Wilson