Re: [WiX-users] Can I set the Directory name attribute with a custom property value?
Thanks! -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2009 5:20 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Can I set the Directory name attribute with a custom property value? That's a direct assignment of the Directory name. So I expect you'll get "[MYCOMPANYNAME]" as your directory name. Same as if you did you'd get "[MYCOMPANYNAME]". To have the value evaluated then assigned you need to use a custom action. In this case, a simple should work. Or you could be more efficient and use a preprocessor variable to define both the Property and the Directory with the same value and reduce the complexity of your install. -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Can I set the Directory name attribute with a custom property value?
That's a direct assignment of the Directory name. So I expect you'll get "[MYCOMPANYNAME]" as your directory name. Same as if you did you'd get "[MYCOMPANYNAME]". To have the value evaluated then assigned you need to use a custom action. In this case, a simple should work. Or you could be more efficient and use a preprocessor variable to define both the Property and the Directory with the same value and reduce the complexity of your install. On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 10:41 PM, Dave Kolb wrote: > Should this work? I am getting the literal strings as the directory name. > Is > the directory name attribute not "formattable"? Where is it documented what > is formatted or not as I have not been able to find that information. > Thanks, Dave > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA > is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your > developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay > ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference > ___ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Can I set the Directory name attribute with a custom property value?
Both produ...@value and directo...@name fields are literal. If you want them formatted you need to use custom action types 35 or 51. Those are formatted like this: They then have to be scheduled, according to the sequencing restrictions of each type (if you are using then for directory paths, type 51s have to be scheduled before CostFinalize. Type 35s must always come after CostFinalize). AFAIK (but I haven't ever tested it) the above values, when used for directory paths, must always be FULL paths, but I may be wrong. If you know what values you want and simply don't want to repeat yourself, why not use preprocessor variables? The only disadvantage of the preprocessor variables is you can't use a change in the property value to alter your folder names directly. However, you could use a custom action to update the directory table if that is what you need. See Bob's blog entry on Semi-Custom Actions as he called them: http://www.joyofsetup.com/2007/07/01/semi-custom-actions/ -Original Message- From: Dave Kolb [mailto:d...@dotnetcodeslingers.com] Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 10:41 PM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: [WiX-users] Can I set the Directory name attribute with a custom property value? Should this work? I am getting the literal strings as the directory name. Is the directory name attribute not "formattable"? Where is it documented what is formatted or not as I have not been able to find that information. Thanks, Dave -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
