I think you need to make the Permission element a child of a CreateFolder element in this instance. I'm not sure if the ACL is edited if the folder already exists.
In WiX 2.0, you can try specifying Permission/@Extended="yes", and in WiX 3.0 use PermissionEx in the util schema, to get more control over the ACL than the Windows Installer built-in LockPermissions table is capable of. -- Mike Dimmick -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of LEMIRE, JOHN Sent: 23 May 2007 18:44 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] using permission element within a directory element Please make sure the solution gets posted here as this has been asked multiple times over the last month or so and I have yet to see a definitive can or can not be done answer from any of the helpful gurus. Thanks very much :-) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Johnson Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 10:41 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] using permission element within a directory element I think this is a syntax issue on my part. Should I be using directoryref? Can anyone provide a code snippet? Thanks, John > How do I add a permission element within a directory element? The > following code generates a compile error. Basically, I want to change > the permissions of the "product" directory that gets created on > install > <Directory Id='CommonAppDataFolder' Name='CFiles'> > <Directory Id='Company' Name='Comp' LongName='Company'> > <Directory Id='Product' Name='Prod' LongName='Product'> > <Permission User="Users" Extended="yes" > GenericRead="yes GenericWrite="yes" /> > </Directory> > </Directory> > </Directory> > Thanks, > John ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
