In WiX how can I select an IIS website by name?

Question

What I would like to do is show the installer user a list of the websites on their server and allow them to choose one (using the method described here: http://www.cmcrossroads.

Answer 1

Based on Cheeso's answer and updated custom action to use C# with Microsoft.Web.Administration rather than Javascript with WMI. Tested against IIS 8.5.

CustomActions.cs:

public class IISCustomActions
{
    //*****************************************************************************
    // Purpose: Custom action that enumerates the local websites, and stores their
    // properties in the ListBox and AvailableWebSites tables.
    // Effects: Fills the ListBox table and sets WEBSITE.
    // Returns: MsiActionStatus.Ok  if the custom action executes without error.
    //          MsiActionStatus.Abort if error. 
    //*****************************************************************************
    [CustomAction]
    public static ActionResult GetWebsites(Session session)
    {
        ActionResult result = ActionResult.Success;
        session.Log("Begin GetWebSites");

        try
        {
            var c = 1;

            var listboxesView = session.Database.OpenView("SELECT * FROM ListBox");
            listboxesView.Execute();

            var iisManager = new ServerManager();
            SiteCollection sites = iisManager.Sites;


            string firstWebSite = String.Empty;
            foreach (Site site in sites)
            {
                session.Log("Web site " + site.Name);

                string itemKey = site.Name;

                // Set the default selection if one isn't passed in from the command line
                if (("Default Web Site" == itemKey) && String.IsNullOrEmpty(session["WEBSITE"]))
                {
                    session["WEBSITE"] = itemKey;
                }

                // If this is the first item, store it's name so we can select it as the default selection
                // if Default Web Site doesn't exist
                if (1 == c)
                {
                    firstWebSite = itemKey;
                }

                Record listboxItem = new Record(4);
                listboxItem.SetString(1, "WEBSITE");    // Property to update
                listboxItem.SetInteger(2, c++);         // Display order
                listboxItem.SetString(3, itemKey);      // Key returned by the selection
                listboxItem.SetString(4, site.Name);    // Displayed in the UI
                listboxesView.Modify(ViewModifyMode.InsertTemporary, listboxItem);

                session.Log("website record (" + site.Name + ") id(" + site.Id + ")");
            }

            // They musn't have Default Web Site in their list of sites
            if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(session["WEBSITE"]))
            {
                session["WEBSITE"] = firstWebSite;
            }

            listboxesView.Close();
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            session.Log(ex.Message);
            result = ActionResult.Failure;
        }

        return result;
    }



    //*****************************************************************************
    // Purpose: Custom action that copies the selected website's properties from the
    // AvailableWebSites table to properties.
    // Effects: Fills the IISROOT and WEBSITE_PORT
    // properties.
    // Returns: MsiActionStatus.Ok  if the custom action executes without error.
    //          MsiActionStatus.Abort if error. 
    //*****************************************************************************
    [CustomAction]
    public static ActionResult UpdatePropsWithSelectedWebSite(Session session)
    {
        session.Log("Begin UpdatePropsWithSelectedWebSite");
        ActionResult result = ActionResult.Success;

        try
        {
            var selectedWebSiteId = session["WEBSITE"];
            session.Log("selectedWebSiteId(" + selectedWebSiteId + ")");

            var iisManager = new ServerManager();
            Site site = iisManager.Sites[selectedWebSiteId];

            session["WEBSITE_PORT"] = site.Bindings[0].EndPoint.Port.ToString();
            session["IISROOT"] = site.Applications["/"].VirtualDirectories["/"].PhysicalPath;

             session.Log("End UpdatePropsWithSelectedWebSite EXIT (Ok)");
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            session.Log(ex.Message);
            result = ActionResult.Failure;
        }

        return result;
    }
}

Register custom action like this:

The dialog wxs looks like:

  


    
    

    
    


    
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Note the DoAction event in the Next button control. This runs the custom action to update properties using the selected website.

And then follow Dan's answer regarding use of SiteId="*' when applying changes.