If you wanted to make it simpler you could use ROOTDIR which is the drive with the most free space.
Neil Neil Sleightholm n...@x2systems.com On 21 Nov 2009, at 00:54, "dB." <dbl...@dblock.org> wrote: > It's tricky. There's a product out there that belongs to a very big > corporation (not Microsoft), that has severe complications when you > tell it that it should be putting logs into a path with parenthesis. > Because we need those logs, we needed to put our software into a > path without parenthesis. On a 64-bit machine you have (x86) for 32- > bit applications, so we break. We had to solve this. > > You can't just say C:\ because not all machines have C:\. You cannot > take [SystemDrive] because those are often small system disks. So we > take [ProgramFiles] and figure out its parent path with a CA from > http://msiext.codeplex.com > (SystemTools::Win32_GetParentDirectory). > > <CustomAction Id="SetRootFolder" Return="check" > Execute="firstSequence" Property="ROOTFOLDER" > Value="[ProgramFilesFolder]" /> > <CustomAction Id="SetRootFolderParent" Property="WIN32_DIRECTORY" > Value="[ROOTFOLDER]" Execute="firstSequence" /> > <CustomAction Id="ResolveRootFolderParent" > BinaryKey="SystemTools" DllEntry="Win32_GetParentDirectory" > Return="check" Execute="firstSequence" /> > <CustomAction Id="SetRootFolderFromParent" Property="ROOTFOLDER" > Value="[WIN32_PARENT_DIRECTORY]" Execute="firstSequence" /> > > <!-- set the install location from the previously recorded > location in registry for upgrade --> > <CustomAction Id="SetInstallLocationFromInstalledProductLocation" > Return="check" Execute="firstSequence" Property="INSTALLLOCATION" > Value="[INSTALLEDPRODUCTLOCATION]" /> > > <InstallExecuteSequence> > <!-- set the root folder to the parent of [ProgramFilesFolder] > --> > <Custom Action="SetRootFolder" After="LaunchConditions">NOT > ROOTFOLDER AND NOT INSTALLEDPRODUCTLOCATION</Custom> > <Custom Action="SetRootFolderParent" After="SetRootFolder">NOT > INSTALLEDPRODUCTLOCATION</Custom> > <Custom Action="ResolveRootFolderParent" > After="SetRootFolderParent">NOT INSTALLEDPRODUCTLOCATION</Custom> > <Custom Action="SetRootFolderFromParent" > After="ResolveRootFolderParent">WIN32_PARENT_DIRECTORY AND NOT > INSTALLEDPRODUCTLOCATION</Custom> > <!-- set the installation location from a previously installed > version --> > <Custom Action="SetInstallLocationFromInstalledProductLocation" > After="SetMaintenance">INSTALLEDPRODUCTLOCATION</Custom> > </InstallExecuteSequence> > > If your program files is D:\Program Files (x86), we get D:\, etc. > > Hope this helps, > > Cheers > dB. > > dB. @ dblock.org > Moscow|Geneva|Seattle|New York > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Anu Dev [mailto:queryl...@yahoo.com] > Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 9:49 AM > To: WIX > Subject: [WiX-users] How to change the installation to point to C:\ > > Hi > > How to change the installation to point to C drive, rather than to > programfiles or any other directory > > <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> > <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder"> > > Is there any easy way to do it. > > Regards > Anweshi > > > > --- > --- > --- > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA > is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart > your > developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and > stay > ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > --- > --- > --- > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 > 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and > focus on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
