Nice tip, thanks it worked fine :-)
On 20/03/07, Hugues Valois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
You may want to try adding a '.' instead of removing the '\'. That
doesn't require a custom action and attrib should like it.
Value='"[SystemFolder]attrib.exe" +S +H "[DocumentsFolder]."
Hugues
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Subject: SPAM: Re: [WiX-users] Remove slash from the end of directory
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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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