Indeed, directories are properties. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/robmen/archive/2006/10/17/deciphering-the-msi-directo ry-table-part-7-directories-are-properties.aspx
-----Original Message----- From: Alain Forget [mailto:afor...@cmu.edu] Sent: 10 April 2013 16:02 To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Referencing filenames (without full path) anddirectories in formatted strings Thanks for the reply. I thought the syntax "[dirA]" was only for properties. Does the Directory element also count as (or create) a property? -----Original Message----- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: April 10, 2013 10:38 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Referencing filenames (without full path) and directories in formatted strings What about "[dirA]". The "[$dirA]" would be trying to get the directory of a Component matching that Id, right? On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 4:00 PM, Alain Forget <afor...@cmu.edu> wrote: > Hi all, > > Say we have the following structure: > > <Directory Id="dirA" Name="A"> > <Directory Id="dirB" Name="B"> > <Directory Id="dirC" Name="C"> > <Component Id='compABCClass' Guid='MyGuid'> <File Id="fileABCClass" > Name="ABC.class" DiskId='1' > Source="source/path/to/ABC.class" KeyPath='yes' /> </Component> > </Directory> </Directory> </Directory> > > Then later on in the .wxs file, in Custom Actions, I want to refer to > the above file and directory A like so: > > <!-- Silently run the Java ABC.class file (see > http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/qtexec.htm ) --> <CustomAction > Id="Set_cmdRunABC" Property="cmdRunABC " > Value=""java" -cp [$dirA] "[#fileABCClass]" /> > <CustomAction Id=" cmdRunABC" Execute="deferred" BinaryKey="WixCA" > DllEntry="CAQuietExec" Return="check" Impersonate="no" /> > > The problem lies with [$dirA] and [#fileABCClass]: > > 1) How can I specifically refer to an install directory location path > (to replace the "[$dirA]"), where no components are being installed in > that directory (but only in subdirectories, that have libraries and > stuff that ABC.class needs)? > 2) How do I get a file's name *without* the full path (as is returned > by "[#fileABCClass]")? > > Thanks, and let me know if anything here isn't clear. > > Alain > > *************************************** > Alain Forget, Ph.D. > Postdoctoral Researcher > CyLab, Carnegie Mellon University > afor...@cmu.edu > http://cups.cs.cmu.edu/~aforget/ > *************************************** > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- Minimize network downtime and maximize team effectiveness. > Reduce network management and security costs.Learn how to hire the > most talented Cisco Certified professionals. 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