I dont know if this would help but Ive found it best to install sample files along with the application and have the application make copies of them into a folder of the user's choice, or to their my documents folder, when the application runs for the first time, or when they select some kind of "start tutorial" function. This has the advantage that a repair or upgrade or patch wont overwrite the users changes; multiple users can use unmodified versions of the samples and you dont need to work out how to find the public documents folder :)
-----Original Message----- From: Ondrej Zarevucky [mailto:ondrej.zarevu...@fine.cz] Sent: 21 July 2009 14:44 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Install files to Public documents folder Hi, I'm trying to install a per-machine application and the best location for the sample documents seems to be the Public Documents folder (or All Users' Documents on Windows XP), but I'm not able to find out, how to reference Public Documents folder in WiX/MSI. According to: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370806(VS.85).aspx <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370806%28VS.85%29.aspx> the PersonalFolder property points to the Documents folder of current user even when ALLUSERS is set to 1 :-( I coudn't find any other property which will resolve to Public Documents folder. Can someone hint me, how to install these public/shared samples there? Thank you Ondrej Zarevucky ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge This is your chance to win up to $100,000 in prizes! For a limited time, vendors submitting new applications to BlackBerry App World(TM) will have the opportunity to enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge. See full prize details at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/Challenge _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users SDL PLC confidential, all rights reserved. If you are not the intended recipient of this mail SDL requests and requires that you delete it without acting upon or copying any of its contents, and we further request that you advise us. SDL PLC is a public limited company registered in England and Wales. Registered number: 02675207. Registered address: Globe House, Clivemont Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 7DY, UK. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge This is your chance to win up to $100,000 in prizes! For a limited time, vendors submitting new applications to BlackBerry App World(TM) will have the opportunity to enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge. See full prize details at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/Challenge _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
