Adding on to this, i would like to use values supplied in the dialogues of the installer. Also i would like to use one dialogue for the installation path and the other for the installation directory. Please let me know how i can achieve this.
Regards, Suvra Jyoti -------- Original Message -------- Subject: How to have the shortcut name same as the installation directory Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 14:55:10 +0530 From: Suvrajyoti Panda <suvrajyo...@contata.co.in> To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Hi All, I have the below directory structure: <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> <Directory Id="ENERGYSOLUTIONS" Name="$(var.rootFolder)"> <Directory Id='PFWLOCAL' Name="$(var.installFolder)"> </Directory> </Directory> <Directory Id="DesktopFolder" Name="Desktop"> <Component Id="PFWLocalClientShortcutDesktopCmp" Guid="{D24360C2-0D40-4CA9-BD9C-874D7DFEB5B1}"> <Shortcut Id="PFWLocalClientShortcutDesktop" Name="$(var.installFolder)" Target="[PFWLOCAL]PFWLocalClient.exe" Description='Launch Pipeline Framework' WorkingDirectory='PFWLOCAL' Icon='PFWLocalClientIcon.ico'> </Shortcut> <RemoveFolder Id="DesktopFolder" On="uninstall"/> <RegistryValue Root="HKCU" Key="Software\PipelineFramework" Name="PFWLocalClientShortcutdesktop" Type="integer" Value="1" KeyPath="yes"/> </Component> </Directory> </Directory> And i am using the built in WIX UI as below: <Property Id="WIXUI_INSTALLDIR" Value="PFWLOCAL" /> In the desktop shortcut i am creating above, i want that the name attribute of the shortcut be picked up same as the name of the directory the user wants to install to, for instance he might change the default directory, in that case the name of the shortcut should be same as the directory user has supplied. Please let me know how we can achieve the same. Regards, Suvra Jyoti ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/13534_NeoTech _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users