A specification of the sample is that user account information be read from a custom table in the installation database and not hard-coded into the custom action.
Add a custom table to the sample installation database named CustomUserAccounts to hold user account information. See Examples of Database Queries Using SQL and Script for an example of how to add a custom table. Use the following schema for the CustomUserAccounts table. See Column Definition Format for an explanation of the column types.
| Column | Type | Key | Nullable | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UserName | s72 | Y | N | Name of user account being created. |
| Password | s72 | N | Name of property containing the password for the account. This is a public property set on the command line or through an edit control in the user interface. This edit control should have the Password Control Attribute. | |
| Attributes | i4 | Y | Attributes for account. These are defined as the DWORD values for the usri1_flags member of the USER_INFO_1 structure. |
After the CustomUserAccounts table has been added to the database you may edit this table using Orca, a table editor provided with the Windows Installer SDK, or another editor. Enter the following record in the CustomUserAccounts table to create a password secured user account for a user called TestUser. Note that 512 is the numeric value for UF_NORMAL_ACCOUNT.
CustomUserAccounts Table
| UserName | Password | Attributes |
|---|---|---|
| TestUser | TESTUSERPASSWORD | 512 |
Add the following records to the _Validation table for the custom table.
| Table | Column | Nullable | MinValue | MaxValue | KeyTable | KeyColumn | Category | Set | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CustomUserAccounts | UserName | N | Text | ||||||
| CustomUserAccounts | Password | N | Identifier | ||||||
| CustomUserAccounts | Attributes | Y | 0 | 2147483647 | null |
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