Edit control doesn't create property in WiX

Question

I have a dialog with an Edit control and a Property set to it. When I advance to the next dialog and it calls my custom action (from PushButton Publish), I can't access the Property that should have been created before.

I don't create/declare the property before (using <Property>, because I want the Edit control to have the text empty and if I declare the property, then I must assign something to Value which causes the text to be filled with it. If I declare, the the CA finds the property.

How can I create the property without a value in the Edit control and be able to access it from CA?

Here is the code:

<Control Id="EditHost"
         Type="Edit"
         X="150" Y="95"
         Height="17" Width="350"
         Property="SERVER_HOST" />

[CustomAction]
public static ActionResult MyCustomAction(Session session)
{
    if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(session["SERVER_HOST"])
    {
        session.Log("Error!");
    }
...
}

Vinoth Vinoth · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-06T10:59:39

You can declare property with Secure instead of values. This attribute is used to pass the values from Client side to Server side.

<Property Id="SERVER_HOST" Secure="yes"/>

Edit control doesn't create property in WiX

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