Hi Harold,
Then we're back to doing a custom action, though, which means I can do
anything I want, including calling GetTempFilePath() directly. :)
Cheers,
Soren
On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 6:00 PM, Harold Wood (H10 Capital) <
v-wow...@microsoft.com> wrote:
> Set the name as a global property, generate the name in a custom action,
> there you can use datetime.Tostring("HHmmssffff ") to format it any way you
> like, then put the value back into the session object where you can now use
> it any way you like.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Soren Dreijer [mailto:dreijer+l...@echobit.net]
> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2014 5:45 PM
> To: General discussion about the WiX toolset.
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Generating a unique file name
>
> Hi Rob,
>
> As far as I can tell from the docs (
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372079%28v=vs.85%29.aspx), the
> format of the time might include a colon, such as 18:57:00, which isn't a
> valid file name on Windows.
>
> Cheers,
> Soren
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 4:06 PM, Rob Mensching <r...@firegiant.com> wrote:
>
> > What about using [Time]?
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Soren Dreijer [mailto:dreijer+l...@echobit.net]
> > Sent: Monday, March 10, 2014 3:38 PM
> > To: General discussion about the WiX toolset.
> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Generating a unique file name
> >
> > > I don't know how you would go about Randomizing the Names, but as
> > > long as the DestinationName contains a name different from the
> > > SourceName the file name will be different after the copy completes.
> >
> > Yes, that's pretty much the point of DestinationName. :) What I'm
> > looking for, however, is a way to generate a unique temp file on the
> > fly without having to shell out to a custom action that does this for
> > me. The reason I want to do this is because I don't know what other
> > files could potentially exist in the directory, so I want to just
> > create a temporary unique file name similar to what GetTempFilePath()
> > (
> >
> > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa364991%28v=v
> > s.85%29.aspx
> > )
> > does.
> >
> > It sounds like that might not be possible currently.
> >
> > Thanks though!
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Carter Young <ecyo...@grandecom.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I don't know how you would go about Randomizing the Names, but as
> > > long as the DestinationName contains a name different from the
> > > SourceName the file name will be different after the copy completes.
> > >
> > > Quote:
> > > SourceName:
> > > If this attribute is not specified (and this element is not nested
> > > under a File element or specify a FileId attribute) then the
> > > SourceProperty attribute should be set to the name of a property
> > > that will resolve to the full path of the source filename. If the
> > > value of this attribute contains a "*" wildcard and the
> > > DestinationName attribute is specified, all moved or copied files
> > > retain the file names from their sources.
> > >
> > > Quote:
> > > DestinationName:
> > > In prior versions of the WiX toolset, this attribute specified the
> > > short file name. Now set this value to the localizable name to be
> > > given to the original file after it is moved or copied. If this
> > > attribute is not specified, then the destination file is given the
> > > same name as the source file. If a short file name is specified, the
> > > DestinationShortName attribute may not be specified. If a long file
> > > name is specified, the DestinationLongName attribute may not be
> > > specified. Also, if this value is a long file name, the
> > > DestinationShortName attribute may be omitted to allow WiX to
> > > attempt to generate a unique short file name. However, if this name
> > > collides with another file or you wish to manually specify the short
> > > file name, then the DestinationShortName attribute may be specified.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Quoting Soren Dreijer <dreijer+l...@echobit.net>:
> > >
> > > > Hey Carter,
> > > >
> > > > That's not quite what I'm after (unless I'm misreading the docs).
> > > > I want the *destination* file name to be uniquely generated, and
> > > > as far as I can tell from the docs, only a unique short name will
> > > > be generated if one
> > > isn't
> > > > provided.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > SOren
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Carter Young
> > > ><ecyo...@grandecom.net
> > > >wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> I believe the SourceName Attribute is what you're looking for.
> > > >>
> > > >> http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/xsd/wix/copyfile.ht
> > > >> ml
> > > >>
> > > >> Carter
> > > >>
> > >
> > >
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