Dear group,
We are creating an install program that allows the user to install the
application files into three changeable locations, EXEROOT, PROGDATAROOT, and
USERDATAROOT as shown below. These locations are given some default values at
the beginning of the UI sequence before the Welcome dialog. If we put the file
component directly inside the Directory structure, say GUI, the file gets
installed correctly to the location specified by the user.
<Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
<Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder">
<Directory Id="ABC" Name="ABC">
<Directory Id="EXEROOT" Name=".">
<Directory Id="FolderA" Name=" FolderA ">
<Directory Id ="GUI" Name ="GUI"/>
</Directory>
</Directory>
<Directory Id="PROGDATAROOT" Name=".">
<Directory Id="FolderB" Name=" FolderB "/>
</Directory>
<Directory Id="USERDATAROOT" Name=".">
<Directory Id="FolderC" Name=" FolderC "/>
</Directory>
</Directory>
</Directory>
</Directory>
However, if we put the file component under the DirectoryRef GUI in a fragment
as shown below, the file always gets installed to the default location,
regardless of the location the user selects for EXEROOT.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";>
<Fragment>
<DirectoryRef Id="GUI">
<Component Id="cmpAA043A2E0E94B5B1D3F9FC2857040361" Guid="*">
<File Id="filBA1A10EA0CBD1AB16B03EBA1ED273369"
Name="GUI_File.rtf" KeyPath="yes" Source=".\License.rtf" />
</Component>
</DirectoryRef>
</Fragment>
</Wix>
Below is part of the install logging where you can see that even though the
user selects C:\SimSci\ for EXEROOT and GUI is its subdirectory, the GUI is
still set to the default target location.
Action 20:08:24: ExecuteAction.
Action start 20:08:24: ExecuteAction.
MSI (c) (38:74) [20:08:24:953]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding SECONDSEQUENCE
property. Its value is '1'.
MSI (c) (38:74) [20:08:24:953]: Grabbed execution mutex.
MSI (c) (38:74) [20:08:24:953]: Incrementing counter to disable shutdown.
Counter after increment: 0
MSI (c) (38:74) [20:08:24:953]: Switching to server: GUI="C:\Program
Files\SimSci\FolderA\GUI\" EXEROOT="C:\SimSci\" PROGDATAROOT="C:\SimSci\"
USERDATAROOT="C:\SimSci\"
Please let me know if you have any idea on how to resolve this issue. Your
input will be highly appreciated.
Thanks a lot,
Miaohsi
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