> Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:15:28 -0800 > From: Bob Arnson <b...@joyofsetup.com> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] A Couple of fundamental questions > To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." > <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Message-ID: <49500370.1080...@joyofsetup.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > > Colin Fox wrote: > > But TARGETDIR and SourceDir are not explained. There is no explanation as > to > > where they are initially set, or why the ID of the directory is > "TARGETDIR" > > > > Because that's what MSI needs, for better or for worse. In general, WiX > is not an abstraction on top of MSI, so its rules for directories, for > example, need to be followed. The MSI SDK describes the need for a > top-level TARGETDIR/SourceDir pair. See also > http://blogs.msdn.com/robmen/archive/2005/06/21/431294.aspx for the > start of Rob's series about directories.
Ok, Thanks Bob - I'll begin reading that. Can you answer a quick question for me though? My goal is to install 3 files into the SharePoint ISAPI directory. >From my readings up until now, it *seems* like all I have to do is specify where those files go, and what the files are, and WiX + MSI should automatically put them there. I can grab the SharePoint location out of the registry, but for the life of me I just can't seem to get that set as the TARGETDIR. TARGETDIR always just gets reset to D:\. Am I trying something impossible? -- Regards, cf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
