Ability to return exception/error detail in FatalError Dlg

Question

I created my own dialog and had a property known as ACTIVATIONERROR which is set via a custom action. When it gets to the fatal error dialog it never displays as expected.

Example:

<Control Id="Description4" Type="Text" X="135" Y="110" Width="220" Height="80" Transparent="yes" NoPrefix="yes" Text="{\WixUI_Font_Error}The error was:" />
            <Control Id="Description2" Indirect="yes" Type="Text" X="200" Y="110" Width="220" Height="80" Transparent="yes" NoPrefix="yes" Text="ACTIVATIONERROR" Property="ACTIVATIONERROR" />

Is there something specifically on the property I have to set such as Secure property/has to be defined etc, I need to set because it acts as if it's blank.

The verbose log illustrates it's getting set:

MSI (s) (54!D8) [16:52:13:727]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding ACTIVATIONERROR property. Its value is 'The remote server returned an unexpected response: (405) Method Not Allowed.'.

Anybody have any idea what's going on?

C0heers, J

Answer 1

Your control text should be:

[ACTIVATIONERROR]

Windows Installer uses the formatted type for installer properties.

Also, static text controls support indirection only for their text styles. Since ACTIVATIONERROR is the actual text, you should remove Indirect and Property attributes for your element.