ProgramFilesFolder is a special folder where PROGRAMFILESFOLDER is your own
custom thing.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thomas Svare
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 13:17
To: Don Tasanasanta; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Directory reassignment problem
Don,
I had this problem with a 32 bit component in a 64 bit merge module. The 32
bit component needed to go in
Program Files (x86)\MyCompany\MyProduct
I've never fully understood why I had this problem but the issue was happening
because I was using all uppercase Directory Id's. Once I switched to a mixed
case Directory Id's the files installed fine. I stumbled upon the problem
looking at a verbose log. I believe it has something to do when properties are
evaluated during the InstallUI and InstallExecute sequences.
I'll be interested to hear other thoughts and explanations.
Tom
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Don Tasanasanta
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 3:48 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Directory reassignment problem
My install has a very large directory structure in which the root folder is
defined by the user. If the user doesn't change the default root directory then
everything works fine but if the default is changed then the install creates a
root folder in the new location but only the files directly under the root
folder are installed there; all the folders under the root end up installed in
the default location.
<Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
<Directory Id="WWWROOT" Name="wwwroot" >
<Directory Id="WEBSITE" Name="WEBSITE" >
</Directory>
</Directory> <!-- WWWROOT -->
</Directory> <!-- TARGETDIR -->
(in another wxs file)
<DirectoryRef Id="WEBSITE">
<Directory Id="DIR1" Name="Dir1">
</Direcotry>
(and series of other directory Id's)
</DirectoryRef>
In the UI the value of WEBSITE is changed to somewhere else but DIR1, and all
other folders declared under the WEBSITE DirectoryRef, still reflect the
default location.
Is this the expected behavior? And if so... how might I all the subsequent
directories to follow WEBSITE to what ever value it contains?
____________________________
Don Tasanasanta
VIACK Corporation
Redmond Washington
425-605-7423
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