Err. of course I meant
<Directory Id="whatEverIWant" Name="[WIX_DIR_COMMON_DOCUMENTS]">
On Jan 23, 2008 9:31 AM, Scott Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ah, WiX to the rescue.. thanks for that.
>
> Now, it seems these are just standard properties.. so I don't use them
> like Directory Ids, right?
> The docs don't seem to have an example of using the WixQueryOsDirs
> properties.
>
> I.e. do I use:
>
> <Directory Id="whatEverIWant" Name="%WIX_DIR_COMMON_DOCUMENTS%">
>
> or
>
> <Directory Id="WIX_DIR_COMMON_DOCUMENTS">
>
> Thanks,
>
> Scott
>
> On Jan 22, 2008 5:07 PM, Mike Dimmick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > If you link with the WixUtilExtension in WiX v3.0, you can use the
> > WIX_DIR_COMMON_DOCUMENTS property. See the topic "OSInfo custom actions" in
> > WiX.chm.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Mike Dimmick
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > ] *On Behalf Of *Scott Palmer
> > *Sent:* 22 January 2008 21:32
> > *To:* wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> > *Subject:* [WiX-users] Is there a directory property
> > forCSIDL_COMMON_DOCUMENTS ?
> >
> >
> >
> > I'm trying to make some changes to play nice on Vista... Currently our
> > product has several folders that it places under Program Files, e.g.:
> >
> > C:\Program Files\Company\Product\Data_A
> >
> > C:\Program Files\Company\Product\Data_B
> >
> > C:\Program Files\Company\Product\Data_C
> >
> >
> >
> > The purpose of these folders was to store documents that the user would
> > load and possibly modify, as well as saving new doucments that they create..
> > such that they are shared for all users of "Product"
> >
> > In some cases the files in these folders are made available via the
> > application UI by choosing them from a combo box. In other cases they are
> > selected with a Open File dialog.
> >
> >
> >
> > Vista isn't happy about putting files under the Program Files folder
> > though. (Which isn't going to serve the purpose MS thinks it will - but
> > whatever.)
> >
> >
> >
> > So I was going to relocate all of the file to *CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA *
> > \Company\Product\Data*
> >
> > It seemed like the right place for the files - and I still think it is
> > the right place for *some* of the files, but sadly *CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA
> > * is a hidden folder and so the open file dialogs aren't going to show
> > it and the users won't be able to browse to there - if they happen to broswe
> > out of the default folder.
> >
> >
> >
> > That lead me to think that the right place for some of those data folder
> > was under the folder for CSIDL_COMMON_DOCUMENTS .. but I can't see a way to
> > install any files there via MSI.
> >
> >
> >
> > The some of the data will be machine specifc, so I don't want it to
> > "roam". Most of the data will be shared amoung all users of the
> > application, so I want to avoid having things end up in "My Documents".
> >
> >
> >
> > What are my options? Have I overlooked the correct location?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >
> >
> > Scott
> >
>
>
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