We have the following directory structure wherein we want the Logs folder to be
created at the same level as the Services folder.
<Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
<Directory Id="SERVICESDIR" Name="Services">
<Directory Id="INSTALLDIR" Name="Cmds">
. . .
</Directory>
</Directory>
<Directory Id="CANSERVICESLOGFILEDIR" Name="Logs">
<Component Id="xxx" Guid="xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx">
<CreateFolder />
</Component>
</Directory>
</Directory>
Now what happens is, if the user runs the installer in Custom mode and chooses
a different drive from what the installer picked up based on the information
here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372064.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa371372.aspx
The installer installs the application at the new location but still creates
the Logs folder at the original location picked by the installer.
Lets take an example:
The installer picks INSTALLDIR as D:\Services\Cmds
The user changes it to C:\Services\Cmds
So, instead of creating the logs folder like this C:\Services\Logs, the
installer still creates it at D:\Services\Logs
I know when the user picks a different location for installation it just
changes the INSTALLDIR property to the new value but the TARGETDIR still points
to the original destination. Shouldn’t picking the new INSTALLDIR should by
default change the TARGETDIR? Atleast, it looks like a valid usecase to me, is
this some kind of bug or is it designed to behave like this only?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Ramit
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