Place the user supplied path into a property that matches the Directory/@Id that you want to have them supply.
This is the mechanism by which the "standard" installer directories are populated. Look at the "Non-root Destination Directories" header on this page: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368295(VS.85).aspx If a property that matches the directory's "Id" already exists, CostFinalize sets the directory path to the value of the property. If no property exists by that name, one is created with a value assembled based on the parent directory (according to the Directory table) and the DefaultDir column (which has sections for long and short names for both "Source" and "Destination"). The various attributes to the WiX Directory element (except for Id) encode the DefaultDir column. -----Original Message----- From: Lian Jiang [mailto:lji...@microsoft.com] Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 12:22 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Create any folder specified by user Hi, Without using custom action, can I use Wix to declaratively create a folder whose path is specified by user during installation? For example, my application is installed in C:\program files\myapp, and the installer need to create a folder D:\anyfolder specified by the user during installation. How can this be done? Appreciate your advice. Thanks Lian ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
