Mike, You're right WIX doesn't have a problem using paths containing spaces.
The problem was that this program Subtext expected another version of a dll than the version of the dll that got installed. So the custom action failed because of a dll link error. Thanks for your replies. Regards, Harm-Jan Zwinderman Mike Dimmick wrote: > Is this a file you're installing? If so, the FileKey should be set to the Id > (not the filename) of the File element that installs the EXE. > > Windows Installer should be coping with paths with spaces in here - it's > hardly a rare requirement considering that probably 99% of packages install > to "[drive]:\Program Files". > > Are you sure Subtext.exe can cope with spaces in the command line parameter? > > If your program is dependent on the Visual C++ runtime DLL and you're > installing on a side-by-side capable OS (Windows XP or newer) and the > runtime is installed via a merge module, do be aware that the runtime isn't > available until after InstallFinalize. Any custom action dynamically linking > to the C runtime will fail on systems where the appropriate CRT version is > not yet installed. > -- Charm B.V. Kruislaan 406 1098 SM Amsterdam T +31 (0)20-751 2190 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
