Couple things:
1. General WiX usage questions are best sent to
wix-us...@lists.sourceforge.net
2. WiX isn't a scripting language. It's a declarative language that gets
compiled into a declarative format that is processed by an engine. <smile/>
3., Directories are essentially Properties. So you can set Directory paths
the way you change Properties.
On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 5:43 AM, Violin, Maxim <mvio...@ptc.com> wrote:
> Hi,****
>
> ** **
>
> I’m trying to create shortcut to some arbitrary folder, that is not the
> part of installation package tree. It can be, for example c:\windows or
> d:\temp. Second, I have to create the shortcut in two new Windows 7 known
> folders: Documents and Favorites – not IE Favorites, but Explorer Favorites
> which is located in %USERPROFILE%\Links. I encountered two problems: 1. Wix
> doesn’t allow to use the target if this target is not part of installation
> package tree. Second, I cannot find constants corresponding to new Win 7
> known folders. Here is the extract of wix script:****
>
> ** **
>
> <DirectoryRef Id="ApplicationProgramsFolder">****
>
> <Component Id="ApplicationShortcut"
> Guid="CE8F1AB5-9992-4CA5-B9D0-AE46BFDCA1DB">****
>
> <Shortcut Id="ApplicationStartMenuShortcut" ** **
>
> Name="My Application Name" ****
>
> Description="My Application Description"
> Target="d:\temp" Directory="FavoritesFolder"****
>
> WorkingDirectory="APPLICATIONROOTDIRECTORY" />**
> **
>
> <RemoveFolder Id="ApplicationProgramsFolder"
> On="uninstall"/>****
>
> <RegistryValue Root="HKCU"
> Key="Software\Microsoft\MyApplicationName" Name="installed" Type="integer"
> Value="1" KeyPath="yes"/>****
>
> </Component>****
>
> </DirectoryRef>****
>
> ** **
>
> FavoritesFolder referenced here is resolved int IE favorites and not into
> Win 7 known folder Favorites. Target=”d:\temp” causes linkage error.****
>
> ** **
>
> Also, I would ask the more general question: How to create shortcut to
> some arbitrary folder under another arbitrary folder inside wix script. For
> example how to create shortcut for d:\aaa directory under d:\bbb directory.
> Neither aa nor bb are part of installation package tree.****
>
> ** **
>
> ** **
>
> Thanks for help,****
>
> Maxim****
>
> ** **
>
>
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