Re: [WiX-users] Problems with copy file
Even with all this I'm not really sure what I need to do to make this work. I have multiple wix files that need to know PATH/temp. But the user only enters PATH. Not sure how I'm going to make a Dir element out of PATH. -Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 8:29 AM To: WiX Users Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Problems with copy file In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Jeremy Farrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Jeremy Farrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Then, assuming the documentation's correct, it needs to be set to a property which contains the required path as the doc says. In DestinationProperty=PATH which works, you've set it to the name of the property called PATH which contains a pathname. You need to create a property which contains a string giving the required path, and give the name of that property to DestinationProperty. Its not a property he needs to create, its a row in the Directory table (primary keys in the directory table are also mirrored as properties containing the resolved path, but just creating a property is not sufficient). That means the WiX help file is as wrong as it could be about this then, despite being clear and explicit - and how come DestinationProperty=PATH works? Are you sure you aren't thinking of DestinationDirectory rather than DestinationProperty? Windows Installer uses a property to identify the destination. Every entry in the Directory table gets a property to go with it. So by defining an entry in the Directory table you also get a property. You could just use a property separate from the Directory table as well. But either way you can't specy DestinationProperty or DestinationDirectory as formatted text that will resolve to the desired path. -- The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline -- DirectX 9 draft available for download http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/download/index.html Legalize Adulthood! http://blogs.xmission.com/legalize/ - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Problems with copy file
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Jeremy Farrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Jeremy Farrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Then, assuming the documentation's correct, it needs to be set to a property which contains the required path as the doc says. In DestinationProperty=PATH which works, you've set it to the name of the property called PATH which contains a pathname. You need to create a property which contains a string giving the required path, and give the name of that property to DestinationProperty. Its not a property he needs to create, its a row in the Directory table (primary keys in the directory table are also mirrored as properties containing the resolved path, but just creating a property is not sufficient). That means the WiX help file is as wrong as it could be about this then, despite being clear and explicit - and how come DestinationProperty=PATH works? Are you sure you aren't thinking of DestinationDirectory rather than DestinationProperty? Windows Installer uses a property to identify the destination. Every entry in the Directory table gets a property to go with it. So by defining an entry in the Directory table you also get a property. You could just use a property separate from the Directory table as well. But either way you can't specy DestinationProperty or DestinationDirectory as formatted text that will resolve to the desired path. -- The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline -- DirectX 9 draft available for download http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/download/index.html Legalize Adulthood! http://blogs.xmission.com/legalize/ - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Problems with copy file
Hi, I can't get copyfile to copy a file. Here is the element I use (PATH is a property set earlier) File Id=FILE1 Name=FILE1 LongName=MovieSearch.gram Source=$(var.SOURCEPATH)\ \ CopyFile Id=CopyFile DestinationName= FILE1 DestinationLongName=file.txt DestinationProperty=[PATH]\dir\ / /File If I use DestinationProperty=PATH it works. I have also tried DestinationProperty=PATH\dir\ What am I doing wrong? Thanks, Mike - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Problems with copy file
According to the Wix Documentation DestinationProperty String Set this value to a property that will have a value that resolves to the full path of the destination directory. The property does not have to exist in the installer database at creation time; it could be created at installation time by a custom action, on the command line, etc. This attribute cannot be specified in conjunction with DestinationDirectory. What do you mean add a Directory element. How would I do this when all I have is a path? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 2:58 PM To: WiX Users Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Problems with copy file In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] m, Mike Menaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: File Id=3DFILE1 Name=3DFILE1 LongName=3DMovieSearch.gram Source=3D$(var.SOURCEPATH)\ \ CopyFile Id=3DCopyFile DestinationName=3D FILE1 DestinationLongName=3Dfile.txt DestinationProperty=3D[PATH]\dir\ / /File =20 If I use DestinationProperty=3DPATH it works. I have also tried DestinationProperty=3DPATH\dir\ What am I doing wrong? DestinationProperty must be the name of a row in your Directory table, it isn't a formatted string that gives the location of the directory. So to fix your problem, add a Directory element that defines [PATH]\dir and then reference this in your CopyFile element. -- The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline -- DirectX 9 draft available for download http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/download/index.html Legalize Adulthood! http://blogs.xmission.com/legalize/ - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Problems with copy file
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mike Menaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: How would I do this? Path is set by the user like this from the UI: Control Id=EditPath Type=Edit X=21 Y=64 Width=237 Height=17 Property=PATH It seems like I would just keep running into the problem of combining the property with a string. Add a Directory element to define a directory. The associated property will be populated with the path to the directory. When the user edits the property, it will change the location of the directory as used by the install. -- The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline -- DirectX 9 draft available for download http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/download/index.html Legalize Adulthood! http://blogs.xmission.com/legalize/ - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Problems with copy file
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Jeremy Farrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Then, assuming the documentation's correct, it needs to be set to a property which contains the required path as the doc says. In DestinationProperty=PATH which works, you've set it to the name of the property called PATH which cont ains a pathname. You need to create a property which contains a string giving t he required path, and give the name of that property to DestinationProperty. Its not a property he needs to create, its a row in the Directory table (primary keys in the directory table are also mirrored as properties containing the resolved path, but just creating a property is not sufficient). Create a row in the Directory table by inserting a Directory element. -- The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline -- DirectX 9 draft available for download http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/download/index.html Legalize Adulthood! http://blogs.xmission.com/legalize/ - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Problems with copy file
How would I do this? Path is set by the user like this from the UI: Control Id=EditPath Type=Edit X=21 Y=64 Width=237 Height=17 Property=PATH It seems like I would just keep running into the problem of combining the property with a string. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeremy Farrell Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 3:25 PM To: WiX Users Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Problems with copy file Then, assuming the documentation's correct, it needs to be set to a property which contains the required path as the doc says. In DestinationProperty=PATH which works, you've set it to the name of the property called PATH which contains a pathname. You need to create a property which contains a string giving the required path, and give the name of that property to DestinationProperty. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Menaker Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 11:01 PM To: Richard; WiX Users Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Problems with copy file According to the Wix Documentation DestinationProperty String Set this value to a property that will have a value that resolves to the full path of the destination directory. The property does not have to exist in the installer database at creation time; it could be created at installation time by a custom action, on the command line, etc. This attribute cannot be specified in conjunction with DestinationDirectory. What do you mean add a Directory element. How would I do this when all I have is a path? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 2:58 PM To: WiX Users Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Problems with copy file In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] ologies.co m, Mike Menaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: File Id=3DFILE1 Name=3DFILE1 LongName=3DMovieSearch.gram Source=3D$(var.SOURCEPATH)\ \ CopyFile Id=3DCopyFile DestinationName=3D FILE1 DestinationLongName=3Dfile.txt DestinationProperty=3D[PATH]\dir\ / /File =20 If I use DestinationProperty=3DPATH it works. I have also tried DestinationProperty=3DPATH\dir\ What am I doing wrong? DestinationProperty must be the name of a row in your Directory table, it isn't a formatted string that gives the location of the directory. So to fix your problem, add a Directory element that defines [PATH]\dir and then reference this in your CopyFile element. -- The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline -- DirectX 9 draft available for download http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/download/index.html Legalize Adulthood! http://blogs.xmission.com/legalize/ -- -- - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
