On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 4:49 PM, Colin Fox <greenene...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > There is an example referenced in the tutorial that does just about the > same thing, though he's going based on the location of the .ini file. But he > sets the INSTALLDIR property the same way (just before the 3 nested > directories), and uses it the same way. > > > Actually, the example is a little bit more mystifying: <Property Id="INSTALLDIR"> <IniFileSearch Id="AcmeFoobarIniFile" Type="directory" Name="SampleRegistry.ini" Section="Sample" Key="InstallDir" Field="1"/> </Property> ... <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder" Name="PFiles"> <Directory Id="Acme" Name="Acme"> <Directory Id="INSTALLDIR" Name="Foobar10" LongName="Foobar 1.0"> ... According to my understanding, the INSTALLDIR property is being set to a full directory path. But the last Directory tag is using *both* the INSTALLDIR as an ID and also a name field. Why both? -- Regards, cf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
