Hmm, sounds like Wise broke the Merge Module spec. The correct way to refer to the directory in the Merge Module is with the .G_U_I_D appended.
jnewton wrote: > I used to have some MSMs created by Wise that had an entry in the directory > tree of INSTALLDIR. This entry didn't have modularization (i.e. no GUID > appended) and as such when I merged this MSM into an MSI, whatever value of > the MSI's INSTALLDIR was, I was able to use this propery in my MSM's source > code. Particularly, I have some registry keys that write values like > [INSTALLDIR]\blah.exe. > > However, now that I am using Wix, it appears I can't get this same behavior > which seems odd. If I decompiled the Wise MSM, I ended up with two root > directories (i.e. TARGETDIR and INSTALLDIR) which apparently is illegal. > > So my question is how do I setup my MSMs so that I can use the INSTALLDIR > property that is set in my MSI. > > Right now, I simply have > <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> > <Directory Id="INSTALLDIR"> > ... > </Directory> > </Directory> > -- > View this message in context: > http://n2.nabble.com/Using-INSTALLDIR-in-MSM-That-Eventually-Reflects-the-MSIs-INSTALLDIR-tp2935794p2935794.html > Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial > Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables > unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine > for externally facing server and web deployment. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
