The "Description" field is not validated during installation so it cannot contain properties. You will need a custom action that modifies this field I think.
Best regards, Sebastian Brand Instyler Setup - Creating WiX-based MSI installations, elegantly. http://www.instyler.com -----Original Message----- From: Prabhat Nath [mailto:prabhat.n...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 10:16 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] How to Display Installed Path in Icon Tooltip Hello, I have WiX project and here is how I create desktop shortcut and able to show tooltip too. But how can I modify this to show the "Installed Location" as the tooltip? <Component Id="C_AppPublic_1" Guid="04A6C163-BEE7-4C94-93F0-00705ED27D3C" DiskId="1"> <File Id="F_Client_1" Name="MyClient.exe" Source="$(var.COREDROP)\Client\" Vital="yes" KeyPath="yes"> <Shortcut Id="DesktopShortcut" Directory="DesktopFolder" Advertise="yes" WorkingDirectory="INSTALLDIR" Name="$(var.ProductName)" Icon=" Icon.exe" Description="$(var.ProductName)"> <Icon Id="Icon2.exe" SourceFile="$(var.ICONNAME)"/> </Shortcut> </File> <File Id="F_Public_1" Name="EULA.rtf" Source="$(var.DOCDROP)\" /> </Component> Any suggestion/pointer is appreciated. Thanks, Prabhat Nath ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
