Re: [WiX-users] Shortcuts in wix 3.0

I was not allowed to specify "Target" when the Shortcut was embedded in the scope. However, I found out, that the shortcuts works perfectly if the executable file is assigned its very own component. That is, the exe-file should be the *only* file in this component. This is somewhat undocumented, I

Re: [WiX-users] Shortcuts in wix 3.0

I solved the problem by adding as suggested in another mail in this archive. However, my shortcuts does not become executable: Any ideas why? - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the

[WiX-users] Customizing dialogs to be shown

Are there some easy way of customizing which dialogs to be shown? I only need the welcome dialog and the "installation is finished" dialog - and no license dialog. Can I achieve this in an easy way? Thanks - Take Surveys. Ear

[WiX-users] Shortcuts in wix 3.0

I try to add some shortcuts in my wix3.0 .wxs file but keep getting told, that ProgramMenuDir does not exist in the RemoveFile table. Below is a snippit from my wxs file. What is wrong with that? Why doesn't my start menu shortcut work? ... ... Thanks -

Re: [WiX-users] Manually setting inclusion destination?

How can I then 1) automatically collect all the contents of a (huge) directory, say "foo/" 2) add "foo/" to a destination dir of my choice ? Thanks in advance (Please don't start a discussion of the necessity of performing such an automatic collect: A manual inclusion of all the files in "foo

[WiX-users] Manually setting inclusion destination?

I use the tool "heat" to capture all the (*many*) files in my directory "foo/" into a foo.wxs. This is done automatically as part as a larger build process and it can therefore be considered *not* possible to edit foo.wxs manually at any time. In my main Installer.wxs file I have defined a directo

Re: [WiX-users] Adding tons of files to an MSI

Thanks for your answers, I'm almost there, I think... > There will be a hierarchy that will > be setup toward the bottom of your wxs file that you can modify to have the > right TARGETDIR that you want. The wxs file is auto generated, so can you elaborate how I change the targetdir without modif

[WiX-users] Adding tons of files to an MSI

Can anyone help me to automatically add a directory and all its contents to an MSI? The problem: I have a directory whose contents is auto generated and therefore can be considered fairly random. The directory may contain thousands of files so adding them manually with the tag is not an option.