I use this type of search in WiX 3.5 successfully but I have not tried to
confirm its behavior in WiX 3.6.
<Property Id="SQLCMDEXE">
<RegistrySearch Id="SQLCMDEXE" Root="HKLM" Key="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft
SQL Server\100\Tools\ClientSetup" Name="Path" Type="directory">
<FileSearch Name="SQLCMD.EXE"/>
</RegistrySearch>
</Property>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pally Sandher [mailto:pally.sand...@iesve.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 2:19 AM
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix or MSI bug ?
>
> Phil the bug is that the path returned by FileSearch is of the format
> C:\Directory\Filename.ext\ The trailing slash after the filename makes the
> path
> returned by FileSearch all but useless unless you use a custom action to
> remove
> it first, in which case you may as well just use a custom action to return the
> correct value in the first place.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wilson, Phil [mailto:phil.wil...@invensys.com]
> Sent: 07 November 2011 17:58
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix or MSI bug ?
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> And most Windows Installer paths end with a \ too, in the path properties.
>
> Phil Wilson
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pally Sandher [mailto:pally.sand...@iesve.com]
> Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 6:45 AM
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix or MSI bug ?
>
> Old bug with FileSearch which has been "closed" but never actually fixed as
> far
> as I can see ->
> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=642714&aid=1648267&grou
> p_id=105970 &
> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1273447&group_id=
> 105970&atid=642714
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nicolas Penin [mailto:n.pe...@happly.fr]
> Sent: 07 November 2011 09:02
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> Subject: [WiX-users] Wix or MSI bug ?
>
> Dear all,
>
> I believe this is a bug in wix 3.6, but not sure...
>
> If I do the following :
> <Property Id="SQLCMDPATH">
> <RegistrySearch Id="SqlBinsRegistry" Root="HKLM"
> Key="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\ClientSetup"
> Type="directory" Name="Path">
> <FileSearch Name="SQLCMD.EXE" />
> </RegistrySearch>
> </Property>
>
> I have the appropriate path, except it is terminating with a \
>
> If I change the Type of RegistrySearch to file, the content of SQLCMDPATH is
> 'C:\'
>
> Any idea ?
>
> Regards,
> Nicolas Penin
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