To set a Directory you have to use either a Type 51 ( Set Property ) CA scheduled before CostInitialize or a Type 35 ( Set Directory ) scheduled after Cost Finalize. I generally prefer the former over the latter and also schedule it with conditions to prevent execution if the property already has data ( in case someone passed a value a the command line ) and to only fire if Not Installed as once a product is installed the directory is immutable save a major upgrade in which case the new ProductCode is not yet installed.
Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread that deserves attention? E-Mail Me ----- Original Message ---- From: Andrew Hammond <[email protected]> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, August 13, 2010 10:00:15 PM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] setting INSTALLDIR using a CustomAction Setting Before=ValidateProductID appears to have worked. Strange, but I'll take a working solution any day. A On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 7:57 PM, Andrew Hammond < [email protected]> wrote: > Ok, that works for setting INSTALLDIR, however it appears to be getting set > after the files have alread installed. I have the following in my wxs, but > it doesn't seem to be causing the CA to happen before it actually installs > files. > > > < > Binary Id="CustomAction.dll" SourceFile=" > $(var.CustomAction.TargetDir)$(var.CustomAction.TargetName).CA.dll" /> > > < > CustomAction Id="SetMirInstallDir" BinaryKey="CustomAction.dll" DllEntry=" > SetMirInstallDir" Execute="immediate"/> > > < > InstallExecuteSequence> > > < > Custom Action="SetMirInstallDir" Before="InstallFiles" /> > > </ > InstallExecuteSequence> > I'll try a couple of other Before targets, but if anyone has done this > before it'd be a big help. > > A > > On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 6:23 PM, Andrew Hammond < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I have the following CustomAction and would like to it to set the >> INSTALLDIR property used in the WXS that calls it. I seem to be trying to >> set the property incorrectly. >> >> session["INSTALLDIR"] = "Some Location" >> >> What is the correct way to set properties from within a CustomAction? >> >> A >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Make an app they can't live without Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge http://p.sf.net/sfu/RIM-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Make an app they can't live without Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge http://p.sf.net/sfu/RIM-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
