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‎Jul 09, 2010
03:27 PM
Expanding Environment Variables
Hello,
During a silent install the user passes env variables to the Basic MSI installer.
Using a custom script I try to expand it using the following code:
prototype stdcall NUMBER Kernel32.ExpandEnvironmentStrings(BYVAL STRING, POINTER, NUMBER);
....
....
pString = &svCacheRootExpanded;
nvSize = 256;
MsiGetProperty (hMSI, "CACHE_ROOT", svCacheRoot, nvSize);
MsiGetProperty (hMSI, "INSTALLDIR", svInstallDir, nvSize);
if (svCacheRoot == "") then
svCacheRoot = svInstallDir + "Cache";
MsiSetProperty(hMSI, "CACHE_ROOT", svCacheRoot);
else
intRetval =Kernel32.ExpandEnvironmentStrings(svCacheRoot,pString, nvSize);
SprintfBox (INFORMATION, "return value ", "retval: %d", intRetval);
MessageBox ("path: " + svCacheRoot, SEVERE);
MessageBox ("expanded path: " + svCacheRootExpanded, SEVERE);
endif;
intRetval is 37
svCacheRoot is %VAR%
svCacheRootExpanded is empty
Any ideas why the svCacheRootExpanded does not get the value of the expanded path?
Thanks,
Bila
During a silent install the user passes env variables to the Basic MSI installer.
Using a custom script I try to expand it using the following code:
prototype stdcall NUMBER Kernel32.ExpandEnvironmentStrings(BYVAL STRING, POINTER, NUMBER);
....
....
pString = &svCacheRootExpanded;
nvSize = 256;
MsiGetProperty (hMSI, "CACHE_ROOT", svCacheRoot, nvSize);
MsiGetProperty (hMSI, "INSTALLDIR", svInstallDir, nvSize);
if (svCacheRoot == "") then
svCacheRoot = svInstallDir + "Cache";
MsiSetProperty(hMSI, "CACHE_ROOT", svCacheRoot);
else
intRetval =Kernel32.ExpandEnvironmentStrings(svCacheRoot,pString, nvSize);
SprintfBox (INFORMATION, "return value ", "retval: %d", intRetval);
MessageBox ("path: " + svCacheRoot, SEVERE);
MessageBox ("expanded path: " + svCacheRootExpanded, SEVERE);
endif;
intRetval is 37
svCacheRoot is %VAR%
svCacheRootExpanded is empty
Any ideas why the svCacheRootExpanded does not get the value of the expanded path?
Thanks,
Bila
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‎Jul 13, 2010
12:23 PM
Could it be that the destination buffer size nvSize is too small (shorter than the 37 chars indicated in the return value)? Does anything change if you reset nvSize=256 (or whatever pString can hold) before calling ExpandEnvironmentStrings?
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‎Jul 13, 2010
12:31 PM
After some more investigation it seems that this issue occurs whenever I call
MsiGetProperty (hMSI, "CACHE_ROOT", svCacheRoot, nvSize); The svCacheRoot is set by the user in a silent install batch script.
If I remove the above call and hardcode svCacheRoot inside the script (ie. svCacheRoot="%USERPROFILE%" ) the call returns the correctly expanded string.
I could reproduce this even when I changed the way I call the function to:
prototype INT kernel32.ExpandEnvironmentStringsA(BYVAL STRING, BYREF STRING, INT);
export prototype ExFn_CreateCacheDir(HWND);
function ExFn_CreateCacheDir(hMSI)
STRING svCacheRoot, svCacheRootExpanded, svUILevel;
NUMBER nvSize;
INT intRetval;
STRING svEnvVar;
STRING svInstallDir;
STRING svCantSaveFilesHere;
begin
nvSize = 256;
MsiGetProperty (hMSI, "CACHE_ROOT", svCacheRoot, nvSize);
intRetval = ExpandEnvironmentStringsA( svCacheRoot, svCacheRootExpanded, nvSize);
MessageBox(svCacheRootExpanded,0);
SprintfBox (INFORMATION, "return value ", "retval: %d", intRetval);
MessageBox ("path: '" + svCacheRoot + "'", SEVERE);
MessageBox ("expanded path: " + svCacheRootExpanded, SEVERE);
Thanks,
Bila
MsiGetProperty (hMSI, "CACHE_ROOT", svCacheRoot, nvSize); The svCacheRoot is set by the user in a silent install batch script.
If I remove the above call and hardcode svCacheRoot inside the script (ie. svCacheRoot="%USERPROFILE%" ) the call returns the correctly expanded string.
I could reproduce this even when I changed the way I call the function to:
prototype INT kernel32.ExpandEnvironmentStringsA(BYVAL STRING, BYREF STRING, INT);
export prototype ExFn_CreateCacheDir(HWND);
function ExFn_CreateCacheDir(hMSI)
STRING svCacheRoot, svCacheRootExpanded, svUILevel;
NUMBER nvSize;
INT intRetval;
STRING svEnvVar;
STRING svInstallDir;
STRING svCantSaveFilesHere;
begin
nvSize = 256;
MsiGetProperty (hMSI, "CACHE_ROOT", svCacheRoot, nvSize);
intRetval = ExpandEnvironmentStringsA( svCacheRoot, svCacheRootExpanded, nvSize);
MessageBox(svCacheRootExpanded,0);
SprintfBox (INFORMATION, "return value ", "retval: %d", intRetval);
MessageBox ("path: '" + svCacheRoot + "'", SEVERE);
MessageBox ("expanded path: " + svCacheRootExpanded, SEVERE);
Thanks,
Bila
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‎Jul 13, 2010
12:40 PM
How does the silent install batch script script set %CACHE_ROOT% or CACHE_ROOT?
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‎Jul 13, 2010
12:44 PM
I've tried both with the same result:
Setup.exe /s /v"/qn" /v"INSTALLDIR=\"C:\Program Files\Documentum\FSS\"" /v"CACHE_ROOT=%%USERPROFILE%%" /v"CS_ENABLE=FALSE" /v"CS_SERVER_URL=\"\"" /v"FSS_ABBREVIATEDPRODUCTNAME=MDD" /v"FSS_BROWSE_CACHE_TIMEOUT=120000" /v"FSS_CACHE_CLEANUP_CRON_SCHEDULE=\"0 0 2 * * ?\"" /v"FSS_CACHE_CLEANUP_QUOTA=20Mb" /v"FSS_DEFAULT_CABINET_OBJECT_TYPE=dm_cabinet" /v"FSS_DEFAULT_DOCUMENT_OBJECT_TYPE=dm_document" /v"FSS_DEFAULT_FOLDER_OBJECT_TYPE=dm_folder" /v"FSS_DEFAULT_REPO=\"\"" /v" FSS_DOMAIN=EARTH" /v"FSS_IGNORE_HOST_WARNING=false" /v"FSS_MONITOR_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT=60" /v"FSS_OFFLINE_CHECK_INTERVAL=30s" /v"FSS_OFFLINE_TIMEOUT=30s" /v"FSS_PORT=4545" /v"FSS_REQUESTED_ATTRIBUTES=\"r_object_type,r_content_size,r_modify_date,r_creation_date\"" /v"FSS_RETAIN_CACHE=TRUE" /v"FSS_SCHED_IMPORT_ENABLED=FALSE" /v"FSS_SCHED_IMPORT_TIME=15m" /v"FSS_SERVER_URL=\"http://torontario:8890\"" /v"FSS_TASKPANE_ATTRIBUTES=\"object_name,r_object_type,r_content_size,r_modify_date,r_creation_date\"" /v"FSS_USE_ACS_DIRECTLY=FALSE" /v"FSS_WS_TIMEOUT_FILEOPS=30000" /v"FSS_XMLRPC_PORT=2736" /v"/l*v MDD.log"
And
Setup.exe /s /v"/qn" /v"INSTALLDIR=\"C:\Program Files\Documentum\FSS\"" /v"CACHE_ROOT=\"%%USERPROFILE%%\"" /v"CS_ENABLE=FALSE" /v"CS_SERVER_URL=\"\"" /v"FSS_ABBREVIATEDPRODUCTNAME=MDD" /v"FSS_BROWSE_CACHE_TIMEOUT=120000" /v"FSS_CACHE_CLEANUP_CRON_SCHEDULE=\"0 0 2 * * ?\"" /v"FSS_CACHE_CLEANUP_QUOTA=20Mb" /v"FSS_DEFAULT_CABINET_OBJECT_TYPE=dm_cabinet" /v"FSS_DEFAULT_DOCUMENT_OBJECT_TYPE=dm_document" /v"FSS_DEFAULT_FOLDER_OBJECT_TYPE=dm_folder" /v"FSS_DEFAULT_REPO=\"\"" /v" FSS_DOMAIN=EARTH" /v"FSS_IGNORE_HOST_WARNING=false" /v"FSS_MONITOR_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT=60" /v"FSS_OFFLINE_CHECK_INTERVAL=30s" /v"FSS_OFFLINE_TIMEOUT=30s" /v"FSS_PORT=4545" /v"FSS_REQUESTED_ATTRIBUTES=\"r_object_type,r_content_size,r_modify_date,r_creation_date\"" /v"FSS_RETAIN_CACHE=TRUE" /v"FSS_SCHED_IMPORT_ENABLED=FALSE" /v"FSS_SCHED_IMPORT_TIME=15m" /v"FSS_SERVER_URL=\"http://torontario:8890\"" /v"FSS_TASKPANE_ATTRIBUTES=\"object_name,r_object_type,r_content_size,r_modify_date,r_creation_date\"" /v"FSS_USE_ACS_DIRECTLY=FALSE" /v"FSS_WS_TIMEOUT_FILEOPS=30000" /v"FSS_XMLRPC_PORT=2736" /v"/l*v MDD.log"
Setup.exe /s /v"/qn" /v"INSTALLDIR=\"C:\Program Files\Documentum\FSS\"" /v"CACHE_ROOT=%%USERPROFILE%%" /v"CS_ENABLE=FALSE" /v"CS_SERVER_URL=\"\"" /v"FSS_ABBREVIATEDPRODUCTNAME=MDD" /v"FSS_BROWSE_CACHE_TIMEOUT=120000" /v"FSS_CACHE_CLEANUP_CRON_SCHEDULE=\"0 0 2 * * ?\"" /v"FSS_CACHE_CLEANUP_QUOTA=20Mb" /v"FSS_DEFAULT_CABINET_OBJECT_TYPE=dm_cabinet" /v"FSS_DEFAULT_DOCUMENT_OBJECT_TYPE=dm_document" /v"FSS_DEFAULT_FOLDER_OBJECT_TYPE=dm_folder" /v"FSS_DEFAULT_REPO=\"\"" /v" FSS_DOMAIN=EARTH" /v"FSS_IGNORE_HOST_WARNING=false" /v"FSS_MONITOR_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT=60" /v"FSS_OFFLINE_CHECK_INTERVAL=30s" /v"FSS_OFFLINE_TIMEOUT=30s" /v"FSS_PORT=4545" /v"FSS_REQUESTED_ATTRIBUTES=\"r_object_type,r_content_size,r_modify_date,r_creation_date\"" /v"FSS_RETAIN_CACHE=TRUE" /v"FSS_SCHED_IMPORT_ENABLED=FALSE" /v"FSS_SCHED_IMPORT_TIME=15m" /v"FSS_SERVER_URL=\"http://torontario:8890\"" /v"FSS_TASKPANE_ATTRIBUTES=\"object_name,r_object_type,r_content_size,r_modify_date,r_creation_date\"" /v"FSS_USE_ACS_DIRECTLY=FALSE" /v"FSS_WS_TIMEOUT_FILEOPS=30000" /v"FSS_XMLRPC_PORT=2736" /v"/l*v MDD.log"
And
Setup.exe /s /v"/qn" /v"INSTALLDIR=\"C:\Program Files\Documentum\FSS\"" /v"CACHE_ROOT=\"%%USERPROFILE%%\"" /v"CS_ENABLE=FALSE" /v"CS_SERVER_URL=\"\"" /v"FSS_ABBREVIATEDPRODUCTNAME=MDD" /v"FSS_BROWSE_CACHE_TIMEOUT=120000" /v"FSS_CACHE_CLEANUP_CRON_SCHEDULE=\"0 0 2 * * ?\"" /v"FSS_CACHE_CLEANUP_QUOTA=20Mb" /v"FSS_DEFAULT_CABINET_OBJECT_TYPE=dm_cabinet" /v"FSS_DEFAULT_DOCUMENT_OBJECT_TYPE=dm_document" /v"FSS_DEFAULT_FOLDER_OBJECT_TYPE=dm_folder" /v"FSS_DEFAULT_REPO=\"\"" /v" FSS_DOMAIN=EARTH" /v"FSS_IGNORE_HOST_WARNING=false" /v"FSS_MONITOR_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT=60" /v"FSS_OFFLINE_CHECK_INTERVAL=30s" /v"FSS_OFFLINE_TIMEOUT=30s" /v"FSS_PORT=4545" /v"FSS_REQUESTED_ATTRIBUTES=\"r_object_type,r_content_size,r_modify_date,r_creation_date\"" /v"FSS_RETAIN_CACHE=TRUE" /v"FSS_SCHED_IMPORT_ENABLED=FALSE" /v"FSS_SCHED_IMPORT_TIME=15m" /v"FSS_SERVER_URL=\"http://torontario:8890\"" /v"FSS_TASKPANE_ATTRIBUTES=\"object_name,r_object_type,r_content_size,r_modify_date,r_creation_date\"" /v"FSS_USE_ACS_DIRECTLY=FALSE" /v"FSS_WS_TIMEOUT_FILEOPS=30000" /v"FSS_XMLRPC_PORT=2736" /v"/l*v MDD.log"
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‎Jul 13, 2010
01:03 PM
Hmm, a simplified similar example seems to work for me... InstallScript code is:
Custom action is immediate mode, just after AppSearch.
Launching setup.exe with batch file containing:
At run time, first message box correctly shows:
CACHE_ROOT: %JAVA_HOME%
Second shows:
ret = 34;
svExpanded... = C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_18
#include "ifx.h"
prototype Kernel32.ExpandEnvironmentStringsA(BYVAL STRING, BYREF STRING, INT);
export prototype exp(HWND);
function exp(hInstall)
NUMBER nvSize;
STRING svRawCacheRoot, svExpandedCacheRoot;
INT ret;
begin
// raw value from command line
nvSize = MAX_PATH;
MsiGetProperty(hInstall, "CACHE_ROOT", svRawCacheRoot, nvSize);
MessageBox("CACHE_ROOT: " + svRawCacheRoot, INFORMATION);
// expanded value from API
nvSize = MAX_PATH;
ret = ExpandEnvironmentStringsA(svRawCacheRoot, svExpandedCacheRoot, nvSize);
SprintfBox(
INFORMATION, "Expanded?", "ret = %d;\nsvExpanded... = %s",
ret, svExpandedCacheRoot);
return ERROR_SUCCESS;
end;
Custom action is immediate mode, just after AppSearch.
Launching setup.exe with batch file containing:
setup.exe /V"CACHE_ROOT=%%JAVA_HOME%%"
At run time, first message box correctly shows:
CACHE_ROOT: %JAVA_HOME%
Second shows:
ret = 34;
svExpanded... = C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_18
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‎Jul 13, 2010
01:19 PM
What are you setting MAX_PATH to be?
Why can't nvSize be hardcoded inside the function to say nvSize=256 since we don't expect the path to be longer than 256 characters?
Thanks,
Bila
Why can't nvSize be hardcoded inside the function to say nvSize=256 since we don't expect the path to be longer than 256 characters?
Thanks,
Bila
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‎Jul 13, 2010
01:23 PM
MAX_PATH is a predefined constant (with value 260 or so); I just used it out of habit, and the example seems to run unchanged with a hard-coded nvSize of 256.
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‎Jul 13, 2010
02:17 PM
Thanks for your help. Looks like I forgot to reset nvSize after the MsiGetProperty call and before the ExpandEnvironmentStringsA call.
Bila
Bila
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‎Jul 13, 2010
02:32 PM
Good news---thanks for posting the follow-up.
Robert
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