Have you considered using a WixLib to do this?

> Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 20:17:30 -0700
> From: jonathan.new...@ni.com
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Using INSTALLDIR in MSM That Eventually Reflects the 
> MSIs INSTALLDIR
> 
> 
> Hi Bob,
> 
> The problem is that the exe that I am referencing is actually in the MSI
> that I am merging into. Basically the MSM just contains a bunch of static
> registry entries (i.e. basically just adding the registry keys for the exe's
> type library information). If I just [#blah.exe] in the MSM, it still
> appends the guid which doesn't map to [#blah.exe] in the MSI. 
> 
> The reason its an MSM is because these registry keys are merged into all the
> different products that contain the blah.exe file. 
> 
> Maybe the way things are setup now isn't the best way. I'd be happy to
> restructure if that was the better solution.
> 
> Thanks
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