Re: [WiX-users] Fwd: How to have the shortcut name same as the installation directory

2014-03-12 Thread Suvrajyoti Panda
t; > -Original Message- > From: Phil Wilson [mailto:phildgwil...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, March 10, 2014 10:40 AM > To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Fwd: How to have the shortcut name same as the > installation directory > >

Re: [WiX-users] Fwd: How to have the shortcut name same as the installation directory

2014-03-10 Thread Hoover, Jacob
l.com] Sent: Monday, March 10, 2014 10:40 AM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Fwd: How to have the shortcut name same as the installation directory I don't believe this is possible using the standard shortcut creation methods. The issue is that the under

Re: [WiX-users] Fwd: How to have the shortcut name same as the installation directory

2014-03-10 Thread Phil Wilson
I don't believe this is possible using the standard shortcut creation methods. The issue is that the underlying functionality is the Shortcut table of the MSI file, and the name is not a variable that can be specified with a property (it's not the Formatted type). That means you will need to invent

[WiX-users] Fwd: How to have the shortcut name same as the installation directory

2014-03-10 Thread Suvrajyoti Panda
Adding on to this, i would like to use values supplied in the dialogues of the installer. Also i would like to use one dialogue for the installation path and the other for the installation directory. Please let me know how i can achieve this. Regards, Suvra Jyoti Original Message -