Hi Edwin, no need to be suspicious of Depth and AssignToProperty (firstly, omitting them didn't improve things, nor did I expect it to) as Depth can avoid unnecessary file system traversal (don't know how deep the search would go if no Depth is specified but would assume that default should be 0); AssignToProperty seems redundant to me as I would always expect the innermost element of a nested search to be assigned - but I just put it in here to make things absolutely clear.
As I wrote (though not put in my example code) BOTH absolute and variable path specifications fail - I would never use absolute paths in production. The idea behind this search is simply that our customers' IT people could place a configuration file template beside our MSI and that during MSI execution this template would be copied into its destination. Since I cannot know from where IT will deploy our MSIs, I have to figure it out on the fly... And it's still failing - son if someone has an idea for me to look at, I'd appreciate it.... Thanks, Kai On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 13:47:19 -0700, Edwin Castro wrote: > I'm highly suspect of the values for the Path, Depth and > AssignToProperty attributes in your DirectorySearch. > > The example sent by John Cooper, replicated below for convenience, didn't set > AssignToProperty="no" nor Depth="0". > > <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> > > > The Path value in your example is hard coded and that seems wrong to me. Even > if you can > guarantee that the MSI will ALWAYS reside at that location I believe that > caching by Windows > Installer will cause problems for you. > > My vague memory tells me that others have attempted this and couldn't > reliably determine where > the MSI was located in other to find a companion file located in the same > directory. > > An obvious workaround is to provide the path to the companion file via a > public property. > > -- > Edwin G. Castro > > On 8/29/13 10:04 AM, K Peters wrote: >> 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- >> us...@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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- > us...@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
