Even with all this I'm not really sure what I need to do to make this work.
I have multiple wix files that need to know PATH/temp. But the user only enters PATH. Not sure how I'm going to make a Dir element out of PATH. -Mike -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 8:29 AM To: WiX Users Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Problems with copy file In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Jeremy Farrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > In article > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > "Jeremy Farrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > Then, assuming the documentation's correct, it needs to be > > > set to a property which contains the required path as the > > > doc says. In > > > > > > DestinationProperty="PATH" > > > > > > which works, you've set it to the name of the property > > > called PATH which contains a pathname. You need to create > > > a property which contains a string giving the required > > > path, and give the name of that property to > > > DestinationProperty. > > > > Its not a property he needs to create, its a row in the Directory > > table (primary keys in the directory table are also mirrored as > > properties containing the resolved path, but just creating a property > > is not sufficient). > > That means the WiX help file is as wrong as it could be about > this then, despite being clear and explicit - and how come > > DestinationProperty="PATH" > > works? Are you sure you aren't thinking of DestinationDirectory > rather than DestinationProperty? Windows Installer uses a property to identify the destination. Every entry in the Directory table gets a property to go with it. So by defining an entry in the Directory table you also get a property. You could just use a property separate from the Directory table as well. But either way you can't specy DestinationProperty or DestinationDirectory as formatted text that will resolve to the desired path. -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 draft available for download <http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/download/index.html> Legalize Adulthood! <http://blogs.xmission.com/legalize/> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
