Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir
Jeff MacDuff wrote: ß in InstallUISequence Only It needs to be in InstallExecuteSequence. Also I looked in the wix help file and I don't see a "Formatted" as a topic ? Sorry, I didn't mention -- it's in the Windows SDK (and on MSDN Online), not WiX.chm. -- sig://boB http://bobs.org - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir
Ok I have made the changes (I think) ... but it's still not working: ß in InstallUISequence Only Also I looked in the wix help file and I don't see a "Formatted" as a topic ? -Jeff From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 9:59 AM To: Jeff MacDuff Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Jeff MacDuff wrote: For the custom action I am using this: Leave off the trailing % sign. See "Formatted" in the SDK for the syntax details. The property id also needs to match the directory id, not the name. What I see, is the "property" is set to \pictures at install time.. the [%public%] is lost completely. Also orca doesn't show the dir in the propertys section at all. It won't appear in the Property table; it's just a property that's created at install time, overwriting a property that MSI creates from the Directory table. See "Using a Directory Property in a Path" in the SDK. -- sig://boB http://bobs.org - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir
Jeff MacDuff wrote: 2. For the custom action I am using this: Id="GetPublicPicturesFolder" Property="PublicPicturesDir" Value="[%public%]\Pictures" /> Leave off the trailing % sign. See "Formatted" in the SDK for the syntax details. The property id also needs to match the directory id, not the name. What I see, is the "property" is set to \pictures at install time.. the [%public%] is lost completely. Also orca doesn't show the dir in the propertys section at all. It won't appear in the Property table; it's just a property that's created at install time, overwriting a property that MSI creates from the Directory table. See "Using a Directory Property in a Path" in the SDK. -- sig://boB http://bobs.org - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir
I spoke too soon as I cant get this work... here is the syntax I am using: 1. For the install directory, I am using this: 2. For the custom action I am using this: 3. For the install sequence I am using this: What I see, is the "property" is set to \pictures at install time.. the [%public%] is lost completely. Also orca doesn't show the dir in the propertys section at all. Do I need to further define the property some how? From: Jeff MacDuff Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 8:32 AM To: 'Bob Arnson' Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Oh that's it? S easy! From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 5:12 PM To: Jeff MacDuff Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Jeff MacDuff wrote: Sorry could you point me in the right direction.. never used type 51 ? You need to define the custom action: then schedule it: -- sig://boB http://bobs.org - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir
Oh that's it? S easy! From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 5:12 PM To: Jeff MacDuff Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Jeff MacDuff wrote: Sorry could you point me in the right direction.. never used type 51 ? You need to define the custom action: then schedule it: -- sig://boB http://bobs.org - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir
Jeff MacDuff wrote: Sorry could you point me in the right direction.. never used type 51 ? You need to define the custom action: then schedule it: -- sig://boB http://bobs.org - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir
Sorry could you point me in the right direction.. never used type 51 ? From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 10:41 AM To: Jeff MacDuff Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Jeff MacDuff wrote: I have some existing code that calls MsiSetProperty() ... couldn't I just call that, set a property, and then use that property with the MSI? No code is necessary. CustomAction/@Property,@Value creates a type 51 CA which does exactly what you need. -- sig://boB http://bobs.org - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir
Jeff MacDuff wrote: I have some existing code that calls MsiSetProperty() ... couldn't I just call that, set a property, and then use that property with the MSI? No code is necessary. CustomAction/@Property,@Value creates a type 51 CA which does exactly what you need. -- sig://boB http://bobs.org - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir
I have some existing code that calls MsiSetProperty() ... couldn't I just call that, set a property, and then use that property with the MSI? I suppose the important thing is to make sure the CA is before the install ? From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 10:46 AM To: Jeff MacDuff Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Jeff MacDuff wrote: Would you happen to have a sample I could build off of? Sorry, no. You might want to enlist in the WiX source tree; there are some additional samples in the examples/test tree. -- sig://boB http://bobs.org - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir
Jeff MacDuff wrote: Does anyone else have a method to install to a directory that isn't a "named" directory? Surely I can somehow set the path based on environment variable? Is there a expand method within wix? Use a custom action. @Property/@Value formats the value so you can use [%envVar] to refer to an environment variable. -- sig://boB http://bobs.org - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir
If you give the directory an ID with all uppercase letters, you can treat it as a property. This means you can use RegSearch or a custom action to get hold of the env var value, and then use a custom action to set the directory property to that value. Everything downstream of that directory then gets resolved correctly too. Rob Jeff MacDuff wrote: > Does anyone else have a method to install to a directory that isn’t a > “named” directory? > > > > Surely I can somehow set the path based on environment variable? Is > there a expand method within wix? > > > > Thanks, > > JEff > > > > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Jeff MacDuff > *Sent:* Monday, November 27, 2006 3:40 PM > *To:* Rob Mensching; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > *Subject:* Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir > > > > Here is the log entry: > > > > MSI (c) (44:78) [13:58:30:775]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Modifying ALLUSERS > property. Its current value is '2'. Its new value: '1'. > > > > *From:* Rob Mensching > *Sent:* Monday, November 27, 2006 3:39 PM > *To:* Jeff MacDuff; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > *Subject:* RE: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir > > > > What does your log file say the value for ALLUSERS is? If it isn’t 1, > then you’re not doing a per-machine install and you won’t get the “All > Users” profile to install into. > > > > *From:* Jeff MacDuff > *Sent:* Monday, November 27, 2006 15:26 > *To:* Rob Mensching; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > *Subject:* RE: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir > > > > It should be per machine… is there a good way to tell? > > > > *From:* Rob Mensching > *Sent:* Monday, November 27, 2006 3:24 PM > *To:* Jeff MacDuff; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > *Subject:* RE: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir > > > > Jeff, are you doing a per-machine or a per-user install? > > > > *From:* Jeff MacDuff > *Sent:* Monday, November 27, 2006 15:14 > *To:* Rob Mensching; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > *Subject:* RE: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir > > > > Looks /like //Windows SDK: KnownFolders.h/ has the list of folders. > > > > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Jeff MacDuff > *Sent:* Monday, November 27, 2006 2:10 PM > *To:* Rob Mensching; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > *Subject:* Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir > > > > No I don’t off the bat… but I know that users\public\pictures is one of em J > > > > I will send some offline email and see if I can dig it up… no promises. > > > > *From:* Rob Mensching > *Sent:* Monday, November 27, 2006 2:10 PM > *To:* Jeff MacDuff; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > *Subject:* RE: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir > > > > I’ve been considering the need to create a standard CustomAction to > process all the new standard directories on Vista. It sounds like we’ll > need to do that. Jeff, do you have a pointer to the documentation that > points at all the new standard folders provided by the Vista shell? > > > > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Jeff MacDuff > *Sent:* Monday, November 27, 2006 14:04 > *To:* Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > *Subject:* Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir > > > > Ok that worked, I now see all the propertys…. However there is no > property set for c:\users\public. > > > > So since there isn’t a MSI property I can latch on too… is there another > method? > > > > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Dana Gutride > *Sent:* Monday, November 27, 2006 1:56 PM > *To:* wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > *Subject:* Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir > > > > Try specifying l*v instead of lv. > > Dana > > On 11/27/06, *Jeff MacDuff* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Ok I ran the verbose install like this: > > > > msiexec /i foo.msi /lv foo.txt however I didn't see anything in the log > that shows all the propertys? I did look for the value ( > c:\users\public) but it wasn't listed at all. > > > > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [mailto
Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir
Does anyone else have a method to install to a directory that isn't a "named" directory? Surely I can somehow set the path based on environment variable? Is there a expand method within wix? Thanks, JEff From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 3:40 PM To: Rob Mensching; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Here is the log entry: MSI (c) (44:78) [13:58:30:775]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Modifying ALLUSERS property. Its current value is '2'. Its new value: '1'. From: Rob Mensching Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 3:39 PM To: Jeff MacDuff; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir What does your log file say the value for ALLUSERS is? If it isn't 1, then you're not doing a per-machine install and you won't get the "All Users" profile to install into. From: Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 15:26 To: Rob Mensching; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir It should be per machine... is there a good way to tell? From: Rob Mensching Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 3:24 PM To: Jeff MacDuff; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Jeff, are you doing a per-machine or a per-user install? From: Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 15:14 To: Rob Mensching; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Looks like Windows SDK: KnownFolders.h has the list of folders. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 2:10 PM To: Rob Mensching; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir No I don't off the bat... but I know that users\public\pictures is one of em J I will send some offline email and see if I can dig it up... no promises. From: Rob Mensching Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 2:10 PM To: Jeff MacDuff; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir I've been considering the need to create a standard CustomAction to process all the new standard directories on Vista. It sounds like we'll need to do that. Jeff, do you have a pointer to the documentation that points at all the new standard folders provided by the Vista shell? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 14:04 To: Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Ok that worked, I now see all the propertys However there is no property set for c:\users\public. So since there isn't a MSI property I can latch on too... is there another method? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 1:56 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Try specifying l*v instead of lv. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: Ok I ran the verbose install like this: msiexec /i foo.msi /lv foo.txt however I didn't see anything in the log that shows all the propertys? I did look for the value ( c:\users\public) but it wasn't listed at all. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 1:16 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir My other idea: try a verbose install on vista (my vista vm isn't running right now, or I'd try it for you). Take a look at the properties at the end of the log, is the property you need in there somewhere? You might be able to use it the same way. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The problem is that it's not in the list. Users\public is new "common" directory introduced in Vista, it's there on every install.. if my user name was joe I would also have users\joe was well. The pubic folder contains music / docs / etc that all users inherit . Since it's not a "named" folder is there another way to expand the variable? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 12:03 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Jeff: If it's in the following list, you can use it relatively easily. http://msdn2.mic
Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir
Here is the log entry: MSI (c) (44:78) [13:58:30:775]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Modifying ALLUSERS property. Its current value is '2'. Its new value: '1'. From: Rob Mensching Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 3:39 PM To: Jeff MacDuff; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir What does your log file say the value for ALLUSERS is? If it isn't 1, then you're not doing a per-machine install and you won't get the "All Users" profile to install into. From: Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 15:26 To: Rob Mensching; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir It should be per machine... is there a good way to tell? From: Rob Mensching Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 3:24 PM To: Jeff MacDuff; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Jeff, are you doing a per-machine or a per-user install? From: Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 15:14 To: Rob Mensching; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Looks like Windows SDK: KnownFolders.h has the list of folders. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 2:10 PM To: Rob Mensching; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir No I don't off the bat... but I know that users\public\pictures is one of em J I will send some offline email and see if I can dig it up... no promises. From: Rob Mensching Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 2:10 PM To: Jeff MacDuff; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir I've been considering the need to create a standard CustomAction to process all the new standard directories on Vista. It sounds like we'll need to do that. Jeff, do you have a pointer to the documentation that points at all the new standard folders provided by the Vista shell? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 14:04 To: Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Ok that worked, I now see all the propertys However there is no property set for c:\users\public. So since there isn't a MSI property I can latch on too... is there another method? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 1:56 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Try specifying l*v instead of lv. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: Ok I ran the verbose install like this: msiexec /i foo.msi /lv foo.txt however I didn't see anything in the log that shows all the propertys? I did look for the value ( c:\users\public) but it wasn't listed at all. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 1:16 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir My other idea: try a verbose install on vista (my vista vm isn't running right now, or I'd try it for you). Take a look at the properties at the end of the log, is the property you need in there somewhere? You might be able to use it the same way. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The problem is that it's not in the list. Users\public is new "common" directory introduced in Vista, it's there on every install.. if my user name was joe I would also have users\joe was well. The pubic folder contains music / docs / etc that all users inherit . Since it's not a "named" folder is there another way to expand the variable? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 12:03 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Jeff: If it's in the following list, you can use it relatively easily. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/aa372057.aspx The directory structure would look something like what is below (just the beginning, you should be able to fill in the rest. <<<<--- this is the important part, change the id to match what you find in the msdn link above. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Any help? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 7:
Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir
What does your log file say the value for ALLUSERS is? If it isn't 1, then you're not doing a per-machine install and you won't get the "All Users" profile to install into. From: Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 15:26 To: Rob Mensching; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir It should be per machine... is there a good way to tell? From: Rob Mensching Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 3:24 PM To: Jeff MacDuff; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Jeff, are you doing a per-machine or a per-user install? From: Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 15:14 To: Rob Mensching; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Looks like Windows SDK: KnownFolders.h has the list of folders. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 2:10 PM To: Rob Mensching; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir No I don't off the bat... but I know that users\public\pictures is one of em J I will send some offline email and see if I can dig it up... no promises. From: Rob Mensching Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 2:10 PM To: Jeff MacDuff; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir I've been considering the need to create a standard CustomAction to process all the new standard directories on Vista. It sounds like we'll need to do that. Jeff, do you have a pointer to the documentation that points at all the new standard folders provided by the Vista shell? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 14:04 To: Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Ok that worked, I now see all the propertys However there is no property set for c:\users\public. So since there isn't a MSI property I can latch on too... is there another method? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 1:56 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Try specifying l*v instead of lv. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: Ok I ran the verbose install like this: msiexec /i foo.msi /lv foo.txt however I didn't see anything in the log that shows all the propertys? I did look for the value ( c:\users\public) but it wasn't listed at all. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 1:16 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir My other idea: try a verbose install on vista (my vista vm isn't running right now, or I'd try it for you). Take a look at the properties at the end of the log, is the property you need in there somewhere? You might be able to use it the same way. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: The problem is that it's not in the list. Users\public is new "common" directory introduced in Vista, it's there on every install.. if my user name was joe I would also have users\joe was well. The pubic folder contains music / docs / etc that all users inherit . Since it's not a "named" folder is there another way to expand the variable? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 12:03 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Jeff: If it's in the following list, you can use it relatively easily. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/aa372057.aspx The directory structure would look something like what is below (just the beginning, you should be able to fill in the rest. <<<<--- this is the important part, change the id to match what you find in the msdn link above. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: Any help? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 7:22 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourcef
Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir
It should be per machine... is there a good way to tell? From: Rob Mensching Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 3:24 PM To: Jeff MacDuff; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Jeff, are you doing a per-machine or a per-user install? From: Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 15:14 To: Rob Mensching; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Looks like Windows SDK: KnownFolders.h has the list of folders. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 2:10 PM To: Rob Mensching; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir No I don't off the bat... but I know that users\public\pictures is one of em J I will send some offline email and see if I can dig it up... no promises. From: Rob Mensching Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 2:10 PM To: Jeff MacDuff; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir I've been considering the need to create a standard CustomAction to process all the new standard directories on Vista. It sounds like we'll need to do that. Jeff, do you have a pointer to the documentation that points at all the new standard folders provided by the Vista shell? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 14:04 To: Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Ok that worked, I now see all the propertys However there is no property set for c:\users\public. So since there isn't a MSI property I can latch on too... is there another method? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 1:56 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Try specifying l*v instead of lv. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: Ok I ran the verbose install like this: msiexec /i foo.msi /lv foo.txt however I didn't see anything in the log that shows all the propertys? I did look for the value ( c:\users\public) but it wasn't listed at all. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 1:16 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir My other idea: try a verbose install on vista (my vista vm isn't running right now, or I'd try it for you). Take a look at the properties at the end of the log, is the property you need in there somewhere? You might be able to use it the same way. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The problem is that it's not in the list. Users\public is new "common" directory introduced in Vista, it's there on every install.. if my user name was joe I would also have users\joe was well. The pubic folder contains music / docs / etc that all users inherit . Since it's not a "named" folder is there another way to expand the variable? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 12:03 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Jeff: If it's in the following list, you can use it relatively easily. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/aa372057.aspx The directory structure would look something like what is below (just the beginning, you should be able to fill in the rest. <<<<--- this is the important part, change the id to match what you find in the msdn link above. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Any help? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 7:22 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir I need to install some sample content into the %public%\pictures folder on the target machine but I am unsure how to do this. How do I specify a environment variable path for a directory element? Thanks, Jeff - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDE V __
Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir
Jeff, are you doing a per-machine or a per-user install? From: Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 15:14 To: Rob Mensching; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Looks like Windows SDK: KnownFolders.h has the list of folders. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 2:10 PM To: Rob Mensching; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir No I don't off the bat... but I know that users\public\pictures is one of em J I will send some offline email and see if I can dig it up... no promises. From: Rob Mensching Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 2:10 PM To: Jeff MacDuff; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir I've been considering the need to create a standard CustomAction to process all the new standard directories on Vista. It sounds like we'll need to do that. Jeff, do you have a pointer to the documentation that points at all the new standard folders provided by the Vista shell? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 14:04 To: Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Ok that worked, I now see all the propertys However there is no property set for c:\users\public. So since there isn't a MSI property I can latch on too... is there another method? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 1:56 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Try specifying l*v instead of lv. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: Ok I ran the verbose install like this: msiexec /i foo.msi /lv foo.txt however I didn't see anything in the log that shows all the propertys? I did look for the value ( c:\users\public) but it wasn't listed at all. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 1:16 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir My other idea: try a verbose install on vista (my vista vm isn't running right now, or I'd try it for you). Take a look at the properties at the end of the log, is the property you need in there somewhere? You might be able to use it the same way. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: The problem is that it's not in the list. Users\public is new "common" directory introduced in Vista, it's there on every install.. if my user name was joe I would also have users\joe was well. The pubic folder contains music / docs / etc that all users inherit . Since it's not a "named" folder is there another way to expand the variable? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 12:03 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Jeff: If it's in the following list, you can use it relatively easily. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/aa372057.aspx The directory structure would look something like what is below (just the beginning, you should be able to fill in the rest. <<<<--- this is the important part, change the id to match what you find in the msdn link above. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: Any help? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 7:22 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir I need to install some sample content into the %public%\pictures folder on the target machine but I am unsure how to do this. How do I specify a environment variable path for a directory element? Thanks, Jeff - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash
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Looks like Windows SDK: KnownFolders.h has the list of folders. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 2:10 PM To: Rob Mensching; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir No I don't off the bat... but I know that users\public\pictures is one of em J I will send some offline email and see if I can dig it up... no promises. From: Rob Mensching Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 2:10 PM To: Jeff MacDuff; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir I've been considering the need to create a standard CustomAction to process all the new standard directories on Vista. It sounds like we'll need to do that. Jeff, do you have a pointer to the documentation that points at all the new standard folders provided by the Vista shell? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 14:04 To: Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Ok that worked, I now see all the propertys However there is no property set for c:\users\public. So since there isn't a MSI property I can latch on too... is there another method? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 1:56 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Try specifying l*v instead of lv. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: Ok I ran the verbose install like this: msiexec /i foo.msi /lv foo.txt however I didn't see anything in the log that shows all the propertys? I did look for the value ( c:\users\public) but it wasn't listed at all. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 1:16 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir My other idea: try a verbose install on vista (my vista vm isn't running right now, or I'd try it for you). Take a look at the properties at the end of the log, is the property you need in there somewhere? You might be able to use it the same way. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The problem is that it's not in the list. Users\public is new "common" directory introduced in Vista, it's there on every install.. if my user name was joe I would also have users\joe was well. The pubic folder contains music / docs / etc that all users inherit . Since it's not a "named" folder is there another way to expand the variable? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 12:03 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Jeff: If it's in the following list, you can use it relatively easily. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/aa372057.aspx The directory structure would look something like what is below (just the beginning, you should be able to fill in the rest. <<<<--- this is the important part, change the id to match what you find in the msdn link above. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Any help? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 7:22 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir I need to install some sample content into the %public%\pictures folder on the target machine but I am unsure how to do this. How do I specify a environment variable path for a directory element? Thanks, Jeff - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDE V ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDE V
Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir
The log file I just ran shows the MyPicturesFolder mapping to the current users folder, not the users\public\pictures folder which would be the "machine wide" pictures folder. The documentation also states that. From: Mike Dimmick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 2:19 PM To: Jeff MacDuff; Rob Mensching; 'Dana Gutride'; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Is this not the place that MyPicturesFolder maps to if you're doing a per-machine install? -- Mike Dimmick From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: 27 November 2006 22:10 To: Rob Mensching; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir No I don't off the bat... but I know that users\public\pictures is one of em J I will send some offline email and see if I can dig it up... no promises. From: Rob Mensching Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 2:10 PM To: Jeff MacDuff; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir I've been considering the need to create a standard CustomAction to process all the new standard directories on Vista. It sounds like we'll need to do that. Jeff, do you have a pointer to the documentation that points at all the new standard folders provided by the Vista shell? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 14:04 To: Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Ok that worked, I now see all the propertys However there is no property set for c:\users\public. So since there isn't a MSI property I can latch on too... is there another method? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 1:56 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Try specifying l*v instead of lv. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: Ok I ran the verbose install like this: msiexec /i foo.msi /lv foo.txt however I didn't see anything in the log that shows all the propertys? I did look for the value ( c:\users\public) but it wasn't listed at all. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 1:16 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir My other idea: try a verbose install on vista (my vista vm isn't running right now, or I'd try it for you). Take a look at the properties at the end of the log, is the property you need in there somewhere? You might be able to use it the same way. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The problem is that it's not in the list. Users\public is new "common" directory introduced in Vista, it's there on every install.. if my user name was joe I would also have users\joe was well. The pubic folder contains music / docs / etc that all users inherit . Since it's not a "named" folder is there another way to expand the variable? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 12:03 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Jeff: If it's in the following list, you can use it relatively easily. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/aa372057.aspx The directory structure would look something like what is below (just the beginning, you should be able to fill in the rest. <<<<--- this is the important part, change the id to match what you find in the msdn link above. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Any help? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 7:22 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir I need to install some sample content into the %public%\pictures folder on the target machine but I am unsure how to do this. How do I specify a environment variable path for a directory element? Thanks, Jeff - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDE V _
Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir
Is this not the place that MyPicturesFolder maps to if you're doing a per-machine install? -- Mike Dimmick _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: 27 November 2006 22:10 To: Rob Mensching; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir No I don't off the bat. but I know that users\public\pictures is one of em :-) I will send some offline email and see if I can dig it up. no promises. From: Rob Mensching Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 2:10 PM To: Jeff MacDuff; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir I've been considering the need to create a standard CustomAction to process all the new standard directories on Vista. It sounds like we'll need to do that. Jeff, do you have a pointer to the documentation that points at all the new standard folders provided by the Vista shell? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 14:04 To: Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Ok that worked, I now see all the propertys.. However there is no property set for c:\users\public. So since there isn't a MSI property I can latch on too. is there another method? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 1:56 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Try specifying l*v instead of lv. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: Ok I ran the verbose install like this: msiexec /i foo.msi /lv foo.txt however I didn't see anything in the log that shows all the propertys? I did look for the value ( c:\users\public) but it wasn't listed at all. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 1:16 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir My other idea: try a verbose install on vista (my vista vm isn't running right now, or I'd try it for you). Take a look at the properties at the end of the log, is the property you need in there somewhere? You might be able to use it the same way. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The problem is that it's not in the list. Users\public is new "common" directory introduced in Vista, it's there on every install.. if my user name was joe I would also have users\joe was well. The pubic folder contains music / docs / etc that all users inherit . Since it's not a "named" folder is there another way to expand the variable? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 12:03 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Jeff: If it's in the following list, you can use it relatively easily. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/aa372057.aspx The directory structure would look something like what is below (just the beginning, you should be able to fill in the rest. <<<<--- this is the important part, change the id to match what you find in the msdn link above. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Any help? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 7:22 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir I need to install some sample content into the %public%\pictures folder on the target machine but I am unsure how to do this. How do I specify a environment variable path for a directory element? Thanks, Jeff - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php <http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV> &p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief sur
Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir
No I don't off the bat... but I know that users\public\pictures is one of em J I will send some offline email and see if I can dig it up... no promises. From: Rob Mensching Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 2:10 PM To: Jeff MacDuff; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir I've been considering the need to create a standard CustomAction to process all the new standard directories on Vista. It sounds like we'll need to do that. Jeff, do you have a pointer to the documentation that points at all the new standard folders provided by the Vista shell? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 14:04 To: Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Ok that worked, I now see all the propertys However there is no property set for c:\users\public. So since there isn't a MSI property I can latch on too... is there another method? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 1:56 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Try specifying l*v instead of lv. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: Ok I ran the verbose install like this: msiexec /i foo.msi /lv foo.txt however I didn't see anything in the log that shows all the propertys? I did look for the value ( c:\users\public) but it wasn't listed at all. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 1:16 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir My other idea: try a verbose install on vista (my vista vm isn't running right now, or I'd try it for you). Take a look at the properties at the end of the log, is the property you need in there somewhere? You might be able to use it the same way. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The problem is that it's not in the list. Users\public is new "common" directory introduced in Vista, it's there on every install.. if my user name was joe I would also have users\joe was well. The pubic folder contains music / docs / etc that all users inherit . Since it's not a "named" folder is there another way to expand the variable? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 12:03 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Jeff: If it's in the following list, you can use it relatively easily. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/aa372057.aspx The directory structure would look something like what is below (just the beginning, you should be able to fill in the rest. <<<<--- this is the important part, change the id to match what you find in the msdn link above. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Any help? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 7:22 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir I need to install some sample content into the %public%\pictures folder on the target machine but I am unsure how to do this. How do I specify a environment variable path for a directory element? Thanks, Jeff - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDE V ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDE V ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll ge
Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir
I've been considering the need to create a standard CustomAction to process all the new standard directories on Vista. It sounds like we'll need to do that. Jeff, do you have a pointer to the documentation that points at all the new standard folders provided by the Vista shell? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 14:04 To: Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Ok that worked, I now see all the propertys However there is no property set for c:\users\public. So since there isn't a MSI property I can latch on too... is there another method? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 1:56 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Try specifying l*v instead of lv. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: Ok I ran the verbose install like this: msiexec /i foo.msi /lv foo.txt however I didn't see anything in the log that shows all the propertys? I did look for the value ( c:\users\public) but it wasn't listed at all. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 1:16 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir My other idea: try a verbose install on vista (my vista vm isn't running right now, or I'd try it for you). Take a look at the properties at the end of the log, is the property you need in there somewhere? You might be able to use it the same way. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: The problem is that it's not in the list. Users\public is new "common" directory introduced in Vista, it's there on every install.. if my user name was joe I would also have users\joe was well. The pubic folder contains music / docs / etc that all users inherit . Since it's not a "named" folder is there another way to expand the variable? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 12:03 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Jeff: If it's in the following list, you can use it relatively easily. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/aa372057.aspx The directory structure would look something like what is below (just the beginning, you should be able to fill in the rest. <<<<--- this is the important part, change the id to match what you find in the msdn link above. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: Any help? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 7:22 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir I need to install some sample content into the %public%\pictures folder on the target machine but I am unsure how to do this. How do I specify a environment variable path for a directory element? Thanks, Jeff - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net <mailto:WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net <mailto:WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ---
Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir
Ok that worked, I now see all the propertys However there is no property set for c:\users\public. So since there isn't a MSI property I can latch on too... is there another method? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 1:56 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Try specifying l*v instead of lv. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: Ok I ran the verbose install like this: msiexec /i foo.msi /lv foo.txt however I didn't see anything in the log that shows all the propertys? I did look for the value ( c:\users\public) but it wasn't listed at all. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 1:16 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir My other idea: try a verbose install on vista (my vista vm isn't running right now, or I'd try it for you). Take a look at the properties at the end of the log, is the property you need in there somewhere? You might be able to use it the same way. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The problem is that it's not in the list. Users\public is new "common" directory introduced in Vista, it's there on every install.. if my user name was joe I would also have users\joe was well. The pubic folder contains music / docs / etc that all users inherit . Since it's not a "named" folder is there another way to expand the variable? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 12:03 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Jeff: If it's in the following list, you can use it relatively easily. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/aa372057.aspx The directory structure would look something like what is below (just the beginning, you should be able to fill in the rest. <<<<--- this is the important part, change the id to match what you find in the msdn link above. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Any help? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 7:22 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir I need to install some sample content into the %public%\pictures folder on the target machine but I am unsure how to do this. How do I specify a environment variable path for a directory element? Thanks, Jeff - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDE V ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDE V ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir
Try specifying l*v instead of lv. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ok I ran the verbose install like this: msiexec /i foo.msi /lv foo.txt however I didn't see anything in the log that shows all the propertys? I did look for the value ( c:\users\public) but it wasn't listed at all. *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Dana Gutride *Sent:* Monday, November 27, 2006 1:16 PM *To:* wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net *Subject:* Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir My other idea: try a verbose install on vista (my vista vm isn't running right now, or I'd try it for you). Take a look at the properties at the end of the log, is the property you need in there somewhere? You might be able to use it the same way. Dana On 11/27/06, *Jeff MacDuff* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The problem is that it's not in the list. Users\public is new "common" directory introduced in Vista, it's there on every install.. if my user name was joe I would also have users\joe was well. The pubic folder contains music / docs / etc that all users inherit . Since it's not a "named" folder is there another way to expand the variable? *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Dana Gutride *Sent:* Monday, November 27, 2006 12:03 PM *To:* wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net *Subject:* Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Jeff: If it's in the following list, you can use it relatively easily. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/aa372057.aspx The directory structure would look something like what is below (just the beginning, you should be able to fill in the rest. <<<<--- this is the important part, change the id to match what you find in the msdn link above. Dana On 11/27/06, *Jeff MacDuff* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Any help? *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Jeff MacDuff *Sent:* Monday, November 27, 2006 7:22 AM *To:* wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net *Subject:* [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir I need to install some sample content into the %public%\pictures folder on the target machine but I am unsure how to do this. How do I specify a environment variable path for a directory element? Thanks, Jeff - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir
Ok I ran the verbose install like this: msiexec /i foo.msi /lv foo.txt however I didn't see anything in the log that shows all the propertys? I did look for the value ( c:\users\public) but it wasn't listed at all. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 1:16 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir My other idea: try a verbose install on vista (my vista vm isn't running right now, or I'd try it for you). Take a look at the properties at the end of the log, is the property you need in there somewhere? You might be able to use it the same way. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The problem is that it's not in the list. Users\public is new "common" directory introduced in Vista, it's there on every install.. if my user name was joe I would also have users\joe was well. The pubic folder contains music / docs / etc that all users inherit . Since it's not a "named" folder is there another way to expand the variable? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 12:03 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Jeff: If it's in the following list, you can use it relatively easily. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/aa372057.aspx The directory structure would look something like what is below (just the beginning, you should be able to fill in the rest. <<<<--- this is the important part, change the id to match what you find in the msdn link above. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Any help? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 7:22 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir I need to install some sample content into the %public%\pictures folder on the target machine but I am unsure how to do this. How do I specify a environment variable path for a directory element? Thanks, Jeff - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDE V ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir
Take a look at this link too: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370810.aspx On 11/27/06, Dana Gutride <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: My other idea: try a verbose install on vista (my vista vm isn't running right now, or I'd try it for you). Take a look at the properties at the end of the log, is the property you need in there somewhere? You might be able to use it the same way. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The problem is that it's not in the list. > > > > Users\public is new "common" directory introduced in Vista, it's there > on every install.. if my user name was joe I would also have users\joe was > well. > > > > The pubic folder contains music / docs / etc that all users inherit . > > > > Since it's not a "named" folder is there another way to expand the > variable? > > > > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Dana Gutride > *Sent:* Monday, November 27, 2006 12:03 PM > *To:* wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > *Subject:* Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir > > > > Jeff: > > If it's in the following list, you can use it relatively easily. > http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/aa372057.aspx > > The directory structure would look something like what is below (just > the beginning, you should be able to fill in the rest. > > <<<<--- > this is the important part, change the id to match what you find in the msdn > link above. > > Dana > > On 11/27/06, *Jeff MacDuff* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Any help? > > > > > > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Jeff MacDuff > *Sent:* Monday, November 27, 2006 7:22 AM > *To:* wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > *Subject:* [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir > > > > I need to install some sample content into the %public%\pictures folder > on the target machine but I am unsure how to do this. > > > > How do I specify a environment variable path for a directory element? > > > > Thanks, > > Jeff > > > > - > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > > > ___ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir
My other idea: try a verbose install on vista (my vista vm isn't running right now, or I'd try it for you). Take a look at the properties at the end of the log, is the property you need in there somewhere? You might be able to use it the same way. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The problem is that it's not in the list. Users\public is new "common" directory introduced in Vista, it's there on every install.. if my user name was joe I would also have users\joe was well. The pubic folder contains music / docs / etc that all users inherit . Since it's not a "named" folder is there another way to expand the variable? *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Dana Gutride *Sent:* Monday, November 27, 2006 12:03 PM *To:* wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net *Subject:* Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Jeff: If it's in the following list, you can use it relatively easily. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/aa372057.aspx The directory structure would look something like what is below (just the beginning, you should be able to fill in the rest. <<<<--- this is the important part, change the id to match what you find in the msdn link above. Dana On 11/27/06, *Jeff MacDuff* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Any help? *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Jeff MacDuff *Sent:* Monday, November 27, 2006 7:22 AM *To:* wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net *Subject:* [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir I need to install some sample content into the %public%\pictures folder on the target machine but I am unsure how to do this. How do I specify a environment variable path for a directory element? Thanks, Jeff - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir
The problem is that it's not in the list. Users\public is new "common" directory introduced in Vista, it's there on every install.. if my user name was joe I would also have users\joe was well. The pubic folder contains music / docs / etc that all users inherit . Since it's not a "named" folder is there another way to expand the variable? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 12:03 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Jeff: If it's in the following list, you can use it relatively easily. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/aa372057.aspx The directory structure would look something like what is below (just the beginning, you should be able to fill in the rest. <<<<--- this is the important part, change the id to match what you find in the msdn link above. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Any help? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 7:22 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir I need to install some sample content into the %public%\pictures folder on the target machine but I am unsure how to do this. How do I specify a environment variable path for a directory element? Thanks, Jeff - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDE V ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir
Jeff: If it's in the following list, you can use it relatively easily. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/aa372057.aspx The directory structure would look something like what is below (just the beginning, you should be able to fill in the rest. <<<<--- this is the important part, change the id to match what you find in the msdn link above. Dana <http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/aa372057.aspx> On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Any help? *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Jeff MacDuff *Sent:* Monday, November 27, 2006 7:22 AM *To:* wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net *Subject:* [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir I need to install some sample content into the %public%\pictures folder on the target machine but I am unsure how to do this. How do I specify a environment variable path for a directory element? Thanks, Jeff - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir
Any help? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 7:22 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir I need to install some sample content into the %public%\pictures folder on the target machine but I am unsure how to do this. How do I specify a environment variable path for a directory element? Thanks, Jeff - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir
I need to install some sample content into the %public%\pictures folder on the target machine but I am unsure how to do this. How do I specify a environment variable path for a directory element? Thanks, Jeff - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
