Having trouble with the format of a custom action in WIX

Question

I am trying to configure APICGIRestriction using APPCMD in WIX.

The compiler throws an error saying "INvalid Format". When I try this command on the server directly, it works fine.

Any ideas?

I am using WIX 3.5 version. Also, I couldn't figure out how to get the property reference for NETFRAMEWORK40INSTALLROOTDIR either.

Thanks Sunanda

some example code would help.. – saschabeaumont Apr 11 '11 at 01:14 — saschabeaumont, Apr 11 '11 at 01:14

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 11 '11 at 09:33

It's probably because of the square brackets. Try the following - note the '[[]' to escape the square bracket.

<CustomAction Id="ConfigureFastCGI" Execute="deferred" Impersonate="no" Return="check" Directory="TARGETDIR"
                  ExeCommand="[System64Folder]inetsrv\appcmd set config /section:system.webServer/fastCgi &quot;/+[\[]fullPath='[Dir_MapServerGDALX64]bin\mapserv.exe'[\]]&quot; " />

Having trouble with the format of a custom action in WIX

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