Hi John, I don't think so - I understand that perfectly. As I wrote in my post "... where both the MSI & the inifile reside ..." - the ini file sits right beside the MSI at the time of execution, yet it is not found by my Wix code, regardless of how I specify the directory for it; absolute path and "SourceDir" both fail
Cheers, Kai On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 17:23:23 +0000, John Cooper wrote: > I suspect part of your problem is your concept of what a DirectorySearch or > FileSearch does. > Both searches look for directories and files that already exist at the time > of the install. For > example, I use a FileSearch to recover the path to a web.config so I can > recover it's encrypted > connection string during an upgrade. The DirectorySearch and FileSearch look > like this: > > <Fragment> > <PropertyRef Id="INSTALLLOCATION" /> > > <Property Id="WEB_CONFIG_PATH" Secure="yes"> <DirectorySearch > Id="InstallLocationSearch" > Path="[INSTALLLOCATION]"> <DirectorySearch Id="WebFolderSearch" > Path="Web"> > <DirectorySearch Id="ContractFolderSearch" Path="2008"> > <DirectorySearch > Id="WebHostFolderSearch" Path="ProductName"> <FileSearch > Id="WebConfigFileSearch" > Name="Web.config" /> </DirectorySearch> </DirectorySearch> > </DirectorySearch> </DirectorySearch> </Property> > </Fragment> > > -- > John Merryweather Cooper > Build & Install Engineer -- ESA > Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.(r) > Shawnee Mission, KS 66227 > Office: 913-341-3434 x791011 > jocoo...@jackhenry.com > www.jackhenry.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: K Peters [mailto:kpet...@otaksoft.com] > Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 12:05 PM > To: Wix Users List > Subject: [WiX-users] FileSearch issues > > Hi, > > I am still struggling with my FileSearch - no matter what I try, it always > pops up the "File does > not exist next to MSI" message. > I have tried using "SourceDir" as well as the absolute path to where both the > MSI & the inifile > reside - same negative results. > > Does anyone have an idea as to where I am screwing up...? Thanks, as always, > for any pointers! > > > <Property Id="MASTERINIFILE_EXISTS"> > <DirectorySearch > Id="MI_DirSearch" > Path="C:\Wix_Installscripts\Release_3.1.3\Regular_Install\" Depth="0" > AssignToProperty="no"> > <FileSearch Id="MI_FileSearch" Name="Master.ini" /> </DirectorySearch> > </Property> > > <Condition Message="File does not exist next to MSI"> <![CDATA[Installed and > not > MASTERINIFILE_EXISTS]]> </Condition> > > <Condition Message="File does exist next to MSI"> <![CDATA[Installed and > MASTERINIFILE_EXISTS]]> > </Condition> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn the latest--Visual Studio 2012, SharePoint 2013, SQL 2012, more! Discover the easy way to master current and previous Microsoft technologies and advance your career. Get an incredible 1,500+ hours of step-by-step tutorial videos with LearnDevNow. Subscribe today and save! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=58040911&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
