That is a bit odd environment variables are not case sensitive, cd "%wix%" is the same as cd "%WIX%". Is it possible you already had the command prompt open then ran the WiX install, if so the environment variable wouldn't have been set until you reopened the command prompt.
Neil -----Original Message----- From: Sean Farrow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 23 November 2008 12:48 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] short form of the path to Wix Hi; My mistake, I capitalized the WIX when I shouldn't have! Chers Sean. -----Original Message----- From: Eitan Behar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 23 November 2008 12:24 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] short form of the path to Wix Open a command prompt (cmd) and enter "set", check what is the value for the WIX environment variable. On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 2:21 PM, Sean Farrow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Hi: > The collowing are not working--any clues: > When I do: > Cd %WIX% I get an invalid directory > Cd "%WIX% and cd "%WIX%" both give me a format incorrect error, any > help to solve these gratefuly accepted. > Chers > Sean. > -----Original Message----- > From: Eitan Behar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 23 November 2008 11:35 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] short form of the path to Wix > > Hi Sean, > > * Don't use the short form, use string delimitators: "<Drive>:\Long > Folder Path" > * Yes, you can use the env variable: cd %WIX%, or cd "%WIX% > * Be careful when using cd <folder>, if you are on drive X:\bin, and > you do cd c:\Temp, the current folder for C: will be Temp, but your > current folder will be still X:\bin - in other words, cd does not > change drives > :^) > * try to avoid changing the current folder, use a reference instead, > when possible > > Regards, > > Eitan > > > > > On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 12:54 PM, Sean Farrow > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > Hi: > > My wix directory is: > > c:\program files\windows installer xml v3 What isthe short form > > ofthis > > > path? 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