Re: [WiX-users] Merge Module, Custom Actions and executables

Roberto Almanza wrote: I tried passing in the INSTALLDIR as a parameter to the call, but it is being passed in as the empty string. If INSTALLDIR is coming from the .msi package that consumes the .msm, it's not going to work: Merge modules are supposed to be self-contained, so their IDs are

[WiX-users] Merge Module, Custom Actions and executables

Hi. I am trying to use a merge module to define an exe that I will then reference from several wix projects. The merge module definition is below. I then make the modificaitons to my wix project as specified below. Ultimately I simply want to have the executable copied to the install direction

Re: [WiX-users] Merge Module, Custom Actions and executables

I simplified my approach a bit and was able to get the exe to be copied over (along with a few xml files) and run... However, now I have a problem where I attempt to open the files when running the exe, the current directory is set to c:\. I tried passing in the INSTALLDIR as a parameter to the