[WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action

2013-05-20 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
I have a custom action and am trying to access the Install Directory, or Target path (the base folder that the user chooses to install to). Within my Action, I tried pulling it from Session. TARGETDIR maps to C:\, despite installing it to program files, and INSTALLDIR yields empty stirng. What

Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action

2013-05-20 Thread Hoover, Jacob
When did you schedule your CA to run? -Original Message- From: Freedman, Mark P. [mailto:mark.freed...@jhuapl.edu] Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 11:30 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action I have a custom action and am

Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action

2013-05-20 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
[mailto:jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com] Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 12:34 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action When did you schedule your CA to run? -Original Message- From: Freedman, Mark P

Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action

2013-05-20 Thread John Cooper
x791011 jocoo...@jackhenry.com www.jackhenry.com -Original Message- From: Freedman, Mark P. [mailto:mark.freed...@jhuapl.edu] Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 11:30 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action I have a custom

Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action

2013-05-20 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action First off, scheduling. The values of Directory properties (including one like INSTALLDIR), aren't going to be meaningful until after CostFinalize. Since you're running

Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action

2013-05-20 Thread Phil Wilson
. [mailto:mark.freed...@jhuapl.edu] Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 9:55 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action Turns out the attribute I was trying to use was INSTALLFOLDER, not INSTALLDIR, as specified in my Product.wxs

Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action

2013-05-20 Thread John Ludlow
: John Cooper [mailto:jocoo...@jackhenry.com] Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 12:49 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action First off, scheduling. The values of Directory properties (including one like

Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action

2013-05-20 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
- From: Phil Wilson [mailto:phil.wil...@mvps.org] Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 1:18 PM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action The execute sequence runs twice, in custom action terminology the first

Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action

2013-05-20 Thread John Ludlow
grief. Mark Freedman -Original Message- From: Phil Wilson [mailto:phil.wil...@mvps.org] Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 1:18 PM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action The execute sequence runs