What exactly is not intuitive is whereever you see an example you see [INSTALLDIR]. You don't see [INSTALLDIR]\ .
If it was so intuitive then why didn't anyone mention it after the first post? Because it's NOT intuitive. That's why. On 12/20/2013 05:09 PM, Rob Mensching wrote: > What exactly is not intuitive? The fact that backslash is the escape > character for paths (not sure where that is documented)? The fact that the > Windows Installer ends all folders in backslashes (that is documented in the > MSI SDK)? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gerry Reno [mailto:gr...@verizon.net] > Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 2:04 PM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] ExeCommand will not accept any path with spaces > > |ExeCommand='"[INSTALLDIR]\" "[INSTALLDIR]\"' > Return='asyncWait' > > Adding an extra backslash works. > > But as I said, THIS is not intuitive and needs to be documented somewhere.| > > > > > On 12/20/2013 04:48 PM, Rob Mensching wrote: >> Your tests need to use a path with a backslash on it. For example: >> >> test.exe "c:\foo foo\bar\" "c:\baz baz\quuz\" >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Gerry Reno [mailto:gr...@verizon.net] >> Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 1:46 PM >> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] ExeCommand will not accept any path with >> spaces >> >> Yes, agreed. The illustration was just of one of the many ways that were >> tested. >> >> As I stated earlier, I tested both ways including moving the quote to the >> end. >> >> And the command line produces different results than WIX. >> >> I just got finished another battery of tests without calling cmd.exe and got >> the exact same results where quoted arguments are not being handled >> correctly. >> >> I updated the bug with the results. There is a test.c program in there that >> anyone can use to test with. >> >> >> >> On 12/20/2013 04:23 PM, John Cooper wrote: >>> Yes. >>> >>> For example, (definitely NOT endorsing using cmd.exe to start executables): >>> >>> C:\>cmd.exe /c "c:\Program Files (x86)\orca"\orca.exe 'c:\Program' is >>> not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program >>> or batch file. >>> >>> C:\>cmd.exe /c c:\Program Files (x86)\orca\orca.exe 'c:\Program' is >>> not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program >>> or batch file. >>> >>> C:\>cmd.exe /c "c:\Program Files (x86)\orca\orca.exe" >>> >>> C:\> >>> C:\>cmd.exe /c "c:\Program Files (x86)\orca\orca.exe" >>> >>> C:\> >>> >>> In the latter case, orca.exe starts. In the former, the error message is >>> self-explanatory. >>> >>> Using forward slashes doesn't change the result: >>> >>> C:\>cmd.exe /c c:/Program Files (x86)/orca/orca.exe 'c:/Program' is >>> not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program >>> or batch file. >>> >>> C:\>cmd.exe /c "c:/Program Files (x86)/orca"/orca.exe 'c:/Program' is >>> not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program >>> or batch file. >>> >>> C:\>cmd.exe /c "c:/Program Files (x86)/orca/orca.exe" >>> >>> C:\> >>> -- >>> 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: Phill Hogland [mailto:phogl...@rimage.com] >>> Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 3:00 PM >>> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] ExeCommand will not accept any path with >>> spaces >>> >>> Aside from all the other good points which folks have made, if there was >>> some reason to do the following: >>> '/k "[INSTALLDIR]"/myprogram.exe' >>> >>> Is the second double quote above in the wrong place, and should be moved to >>> the end of the path? >>> '/k "[INSTALLDIR]/myprogram.exe"' >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> View this message in context: >>> http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/ExeComm >>> a nd-will-not-accept-any-path-with-spaces-tp7591450p7591487.html >>> Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> - >>> -------- Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your >>> business. 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