Asp.net Web Setup Project - Get selected hostname for Installer class

Question

I have an installer class which I use to do some processing on the application after it is initially installed.

In the installer I have a custom dialog which requests a username and password. This is accessed in my installer class with

Me.Context.Parameters("username")

After setting it as CustomActionData /username="[TXTUSERNAME]"

This is all fine. The first dialog of a Web Setup Project gets the user to select an IIS website from a dropdownlist and set a VirtualDirectory if required. I need to get the seleted Hostname but so far I have failed to find a reference to it in any documentation.

I have tried things like:

Me.Context.Parameters("targetURL")
Me.Context.Parameters("TARGETSITE")

but none of them output anything..

Any ideas?

Answer 1

try

Response.Write(HttpContext.Current.Request.ServerVariables["HTTP_HOST"]

or

Response.Write(Request.Url.Host.ToString()

I don't know if this you are looking for..

Answer 2

I created a sample Web Setup project and opened the MSI in ORCA editor.

May be "TARGETVDIR" could be of any use

Answer 3

So is it some proessing after installation or not? You said that it was in your the question (first line) so we assume that there is something runnable on disk :-)

For example, if you are deriving from System.Configuration.Install.Installer you can invoke it post install via installutil and pass any kind of args you want - meaning you are free from MSI at that point.

Also check out this http://www.codeproject.com/KB/install/command_lines_setups.aspx There's source code etc. showing how to pass completely arbitrary command line args to MSI. It also lists tons of properties that are available - got to like at least one of them :-)