No, you need a Custom Action.

Rob

Ricardo Lopes wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Is there any simple way to remove the slash at the end of a directory 
> property, or remove the last character from a property value?
> 
> I'm trying to change attributes for a folder using a custom action at 
> the end of the installation but the attrib command from windows doesn't 
> like the slash at the end of the directory property.
> 
> Here is a sample of my code:
> 
> ...
> 
>       <CreateFolder Directory="DocumentsFolder" />
> 
> ...
> 
>       <CustomAction Id="SetQtExecCmdLine" Return="check" 
> Property="QtExecCmdLine"
>           Value='"[SystemFolder]attrib.exe" +S +H "[DocumentsFolder]"' />
> 
>       <CustomAction Id="QtExec" BinaryKey="wixca" DllEntry="CAQuietExec"
>         Execute="immediate" Return="check" />
>       <Binary Id="wixca" src="$(var.ResourcesDir)\wixca.dll" />
> 
>       <InstallExecuteSequence>
>         <Custom Action="SetQtExecCmdLine" After="CostFinalize" />
>        
>         <Custom Action="QtExec" After="InstallFinalize"/>       
>       </InstallExecuteSequence>     
> 
> 
> The [DocumentsFolder] is replaced by "c:\some\path\", with a "\" in the 
> end.
> 
> Thanks,
> Ricardo Lopes.
> 
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