Hi Rob, thanks for your helpful hint and your quick response. I took some time to read your very informative 7 part series. The statement "Directories are properties." was the key for solving my problem. Cheers, José
> Not quite using the Directory table correctly. You might work backwards > from this blog entry: > http://blogs.msdn.com/robmen/archive/2006/10/17/deciphering-the-msi-directory-table-part-7-directories-are-properties.aspx. > I > think that'll clear up a lot about the way Directory and Properties are > intertwined. > > Hi, > > I am using wix-3.0.4318.0 together with SharpDevelop 3 and have > successfully created an installer source file. Now I would like the user to > be able > to change the virtual directory name (as well as the location of the > referenced directory, but let's focus on the first problem...). So I defined a > property "TARGETVDIR", added a custom dialog and succeeded in letting the user > edit the property. My problem is that the property's value does not get > used for the virtual directory name. I tried: > <p> > ... > <Property Id="TARGETVDIR" Value="MyApp"/> > ... > <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> > <Directory Id="WWW_ROOT" Name="."> > <Directory Id="MyWebSiteDir" Name="TARGETVDIR" /> > </Directory> > </Directory> > ... > <p> > > which does not work, the virtual directory name is "TARGETVDIR", not its > value "MyApp". I also tried with Name="[TARGETVDIR]", which resulted on the > name being "[TARGETVDIR]".<p> > Do I need to influence the processing order so that the property gets > evaluated earlier or how else can I solve this? > Thanks! > José -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
