André Pönitz wrote: > As putting arbitrary stuff unconditionally on the user's > 'private area' is not too nice I thought it might be a good > idea to have this as separate user-selectible 'features' in > the installer. >
Very true -- and take it one step further. Start menu shortcuts are expected. Desktop shortcuts usually aren't -- and if users want them, they can copy from the start menu. So don't include a desktop shortcut and always include a start menu shortcut. Problem solved.<g> (Yes, I realize it's an unsupported assertion to say that users don't want desktop shortcuts. But as the Vista logo guidelines say to not install them, I think there's decent evidence for it.) > Now the first problem is that I can't reference a file in a merge > module. From reading this list I suppose the canonical solution > for this is not to use a merge module, but a Wix Fragment. > > Is this understanding correct? > Merge modules should be self-contained. Merge modules can't have features. So that doesn't work... > So I suspect I need to change Target in TargetFile. > And put the thing into the <File>...</File> of the 'target' exe? > Yes, or create a formatted property containing the path to the file. -- sig://boB http://bobs.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
