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Bogdan Verbenets
Bogdan Verbenets

Reputation: 26936

can not set properties with Session.CustomActionData

Can not set a property value using Session.CustomActionData.

        if (s.CustomActionData.ContainsKey(PropertyName0))
            s.CustomActionData[PropertyName0] = "1";
        else
            s.CustomActionData.Add(PropertyName0, "1");

Although this code works, when the custom action ends, the properties remain unchanged. So how do I set the property value? I need to set the property value in one custom action and read it in another.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2787

Answers (3)

Umesh
Umesh

Reputation: 166

It is not clear what you are doing. Only few properties are available in the deferred custom action. Are you trying to pass data to a deferred custom action?

You can write an immediate custom action to write properties and then pass these to a deferred custom action if you need this at run time.

Here is an example of an immediate CA 

[CustomAction]
public static ActionResult ImmediateCA(Session session)
{
   CustomActionData data = new CustomActionData();
   data["property1"] = "abc";
   data["property2"] = "def";
   session["myDeferredCAData"] = data.ToString();
   return ActionResult.Success;
}


[CustomAction]
public static ActionResult myDeferredCA(Session session)
{
   CustomActionData data = session.CustomActionData;
   string property1 = data["property1"];
   return ActionResult.Success;
}

This solution is proposed by Nick Ramirez

Upvotes: 2

Bogdan Verbenets
Bogdan Verbenets

Reputation: 26936

It is impossible to set a property in a deferred custom action. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370543(v=VS.85).aspx

Upvotes: 0

colin.t.welch
colin.t.welch

Reputation: 279

Are you using managed code for this? I know that I've had trouble with getting C++ CAs to take in a property and update the property in one CA. In the past I've written to the registry in one CA and read from it into a property in another to get around this problem.

Upvotes: 1

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