Hey Neil: Thanks for responding. Sure, I do have other directories like:
<Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder"> <Directory Id="DesktopFolder"> <Directory Id="SystemFolder"> <Directory Id="CommonAppDataFolder" Name="MyDataDir"> <Directory Id="ProgramMenuFolder"> But only 2 of these are direct children of the parent TARGETDIR folder so things seem a bit arbitrary here. Why not just call the top level <Directory> tag <Directories> since there really isn't the parent child relationship that the file format suggests - at least suggests to me. The larger mystery is the relatioship between the ID and the Name. I'm sure I'll figure it out eventually... -Chris On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 9:03 PM, Neil Enns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What do you have underneath your <Directory> element? Generally you put > another <Directory> element in to make the files go where you want, as in > this example from "Authoring your first .wxs file" in the wix help: > > <Directory Id='TARGETDIR' Name='SourceDir'> > <Directory Id='ProgramFilesFolder' Name='PFiles'> > <Directory Id='MyDir' Name='Test Program'> > <Component Id='MyComponent' > Guid='12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012'> > <File Id='readme' Name='readme.txt' DiskId='1' > Source='readme.txt' /> > </Component> > </Directory> > </Directory> > </Directory> > I'm sure there's a rational reason for the cryptic first, required, > <Directory> entry but I don't know it :) > > Neil > > ________________________________ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Mumford [ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 5:42 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: [WiX-users] Source vs. target > > I'm ashamedly naive about a fairly core issue with WiX. Maybe you guys can > clear this up for me. As I write my installer I've been thinking of the > "source" files as those that I am installing, and the "target" as where > they > will be on the machine on which the install is being run. > > So right away I'm looking at the first directory element in my *.wxs file: > > <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> > and I'm having a hard time figuring out what the heck this even means. The > MSDN documetation for > SourceDir<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa371857(VS.85).aspx > >just > says, "The > *SourceDir* property is the root directory that contains the source cabinet > file or the source file tree of the installation package". Now since I > never > create or see a cabinet file when running WiX I'm assuming that this is the > directory containing my MSI file when running the installation. But when I > run the installation it's set to drive C:\ weven though my MSI is on a > network share. > > -Chris > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
