Have you considered using a WixLib to do this?
Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 20:17:30 -0700
From: jonathan.new...@ni.com
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Using INSTALLDIR in MSM That Eventually Reflects the
MSIs INSTALLDIR
Hi Bob,
The problem is that the exe
: [WiX-users] Using INSTALLDIR in MSM That Eventually Reflects
the MSIs INSTALLDIR
Hi Bob,
The problem is that the exe that I am referencing is actually in the MSI
that I am merging into. Basically the MSM just contains a bunch of static
registry entries (i.e. basically just adding
: jonathan.new...@ni.com
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Using INSTALLDIR in MSM That Eventually
Reflects
the MSIs INSTALLDIR
Hi Bob,
The problem is that the exe that I am referencing is actually in the
MSI
that I am merging into. Basically the MSM just
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Using INSTALLDIR in MSM That Eventually Reflects
the MSIs INSTALLDIR
I dont know what WixLib is. I am googleing...
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 11:00 AM, Eric St.John
eric.st.j...@hotmail.comwrote:
Have you considered using
jnewton wrote:
The problem is that the exe that I am referencing is actually in the MSI
that I am merging into. Basically the MSM just contains a bunch of static
registry entries (i.e. basically just adding the registry keys for the exe's
type library information). If I just [#blah.exe] in the
Hmm, sounds like Wise broke the Merge Module spec. The correct way to
refer to the directory in the Merge Module is with the .G_U_I_D appended.
jnewton wrote:
I used to have some MSMs created by Wise that had an entry in the directory
tree of INSTALLDIR. This entry didn't have modularization
Yeah, you actually get ICE errors on that MSM. However, I am stuck now not
knowing how I can reference the INSTALLDIR propery in my MSM. What is the
proper way I should go about doing this? INSTALLDIR ends up being mapped to
a location where I install various executables. My MSM installs various
jnewton wrote:
Yeah, you actually get ICE errors on that MSM. However, I am stuck now not
knowing how I can reference the INSTALLDIR propery in my MSM. What is the
proper way I should go about doing this? INSTALLDIR ends up being mapped to
a location where I install various executables. My
Hi Bob,
The problem is that the exe that I am referencing is actually in the MSI
that I am merging into. Basically the MSM just contains a bunch of static
registry entries (i.e. basically just adding the registry keys for the exe's
type library information). If I just [#blah.exe] in the MSM, it
I used to have some MSMs created by Wise that had an entry in the directory
tree of INSTALLDIR. This entry didn't have modularization (i.e. no GUID
appended) and as such when I merged this MSM into an MSI, whatever value of
the MSI's INSTALLDIR was, I was able to use this propery in my MSM's
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