To follow up on this, I tried creating a .bat file to run my program with the required command line arguments, but I was unable to add a shortcut to the .bat file because cmake appends ".exe" to the name of the executable in CPACK_PACKAGE_EXECUTABLES.
I think the only way to make it work is to create an executable that doesn't require command line parameters. Steve From: Cook, Steven (G&I) Sent: Friday, 22 March 2019 11:17 AM To: '[email protected]' <[email protected]> Subject: CPack/WiX shortcuts with custom arguments Hi, I'm attempting to transition from NSIS to WiX for our Windows installer and have been unable to find a way to create customised shortcuts with WiX (I would like to specify both the working directory and command line parameters). Some approaches I've tried are: * Specifying CPACK_PACKAGE_EXECUTABLES, and then using CPACK_WIX_PATCH_FILE to modify the shortcut. This approach doesn't work because the patching mechanism can only add new XML tags; it is unable to add or modify properties on existing tags. * Creating the shortcut myself via CPACK_WIX_EXTRA_SOURCES. This doesn't work because PROGRAM_MENU_FOLDER is not defined in directories.wxs unless cpack is creating shortcuts itself. And I can't define this directory myself because the patching mechanism doesn't allow modifications to the top level TARGETDIR directory. Ideas of things that might work but which are not ideal: * Create an unwanted shortcut with cpack and then define my own shortcuts with CPACK_WIX_EXTRA_SOURCES. But then there is an unwanted shortcut. * Create separate .bat files for each start menu item so that working directory and command line parameters are not required. Is there anything else I can try? Thanks Steve
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