I am using the MS custom action dll and it seems less than user friendly, especially since there is little or no documentation on it.
I have successfully written custom actions in C/C++ which is where I am most comfortable. Would you mind giving me a boost and suggesting some APIs that I could look at to create the virtual directory? C# and any of the .NET backed languages seem to be off limits as far as custom actions is there an easier way to create a virtual directory than with C/C++? If so how and what APIs should I begin with? Thanks again for your reply. Kevin -----Original Message----- From: James Geurts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 8:07 AM To: Burton, Kevin Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [NAntC-Dev] RE: Directory change? Out of the box, msi does not support creating virtual directories. I only provided samples w/ the MS custom action dll. That dll uses the unsupported tables (iisproperties, urlproperties, approots, etc...). To do what you want, have a virtual directory and a directory that maps to it, I think the best solution would be for you to write your own custom action to create the virtual directory. Jim > > OK I think I have part of the answer. It turns out that I have a Web > Site (IIS 6) call PPC that is defined as having the physical directory > C:\Projects\MR0904. I still have a question as to why I cannot just > have a virtual directory with an alias of IVRService that maps to > [TARGETDIR]/IVRService as specified with <directories>. Which portion > of <msi> changes the directory <iisproperties>, <urlproperties>, > <vdirproperties>, <approots>? I would like a straight forward task like > <mkiisdir> which has an alias and a directory or an equivalent > explanation. > > Thank you for your time and patience. > > Kevin >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Burton, Kevin >> Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 12:48 AM >> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' >> Subject: Directory change? >> >> I have the following specification for my directory structure: >> >> <directories> >> <directory name="ApplicationServerIncludes" >> foldername="includes" root="TARGETDIR" /> <directory >> name="IVRServiceRootFolder" foldername="IVRService" >> root="TARGETDIR" /> >> </directories> >> >> But in the log file during installation I get: >> >> MSI (c) (D0:A8): Dir (target): Key: TARGETDIR , Object: C:\Program >> Files\Visa\ApplicationServer\ . . . >> MSI (c) (D0:A8): Dir (target): Key: ApplicationServerIncludes , >> Object: C:\Program Files\Visa\ApplicationServer\includes\ MSI (c) >> (D0:A8): Dir (target): Key: IVRServiceRootFolder , Object: >> C:\projects\MR0904\IVRService\ >> >> Why is IVRServiceRootFolder changing from [TARGETDIR]/IVRService? The >> "includes" directory is not getting changed. I must be doing something >> terribly wrong. It should not be this hard. The virtual directory now >> gets created and it points to the IVRServiceRootFolder above but that >> is not where I want the Web Service folder to belong. More importantly >> I don't know how it got changed. >> >> Any ideas? >> >> Thank you. >> >> Kevin > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This Newsletter Sponsored by: Macrovision > For reliable Linux application installations, use the industry's > leading setup authoring tool, InstallShield X. Learn more and evaluate > today. http://clk.atdmt.com/MSI/go/ins0030000001msi/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > NAntContrib-Developer mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nantcontrib-developer ------------------------------------------------------- This Newsletter Sponsored by: Macrovision For reliable Linux application installations, use the industry's leading setup authoring tool, InstallShield X. Learn more and evaluate today. http://clk.atdmt.com/MSI/go/ins0030000001msi/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ NAntContrib-Developer mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nantcontrib-developer
