Re: [WiX-users] A Couple of fundamental questions

2008-12-22 Thread Bob Arnson
Colin Fox wrote: > > Root='HKLM' Key='SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NETFramework\AssemblyFolders\' > Name='SharePoint' /> > > > > > > Using the same IDs works because WiX schedules the AppSearch action (which processes RegistrySearch) after it cr

Re: [WiX-users] A Couple of fundamental questions

2008-12-22 Thread Neil Sleightholm
ight expect. I hope this helps. Neil -Original Message- From: Colin Fox [mailto:greenene...@gmail.com] Sent: 23 December 2008 00:49 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] A Couple of fundamental questions On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 4:09 P

Re: [WiX-users] A Couple of fundamental questions

2008-12-22 Thread Colin Fox
On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 4:49 PM, Colin Fox wrote: > > > There is an example referenced in the tutorial that does just about the > same thing, though he's going based on the location of the .ini file. But he > sets the INSTALLDIR property the same way (just before the 3 nested > directories), and

Re: [WiX-users] A Couple of fundamental questions

2008-12-22 Thread Colin Fox
On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 4:09 PM, Bob Arnson wrote: > Colin Fox wrote: > > I can grab the SharePoint location out of the registry, but for the life > of > > me I just can't seem to get that set as the TARGETDIR. TARGETDIR always > just > > gets reset to D:\. > > > > MSI sets TARGETDIR so I'd sugge

Re: [WiX-users] A Couple of fundamental questions

2008-12-22 Thread Bob Arnson
Colin Fox wrote: > I can grab the SharePoint location out of the registry, but for the life of > me I just can't seem to get that set as the TARGETDIR. TARGETDIR always just > gets reset to D:\. > MSI sets TARGETDIR so I'd suggest using a Directory element underneath the one for TARGETDIR. Jus

Re: [WiX-users] A Couple of fundamental questions

2008-12-22 Thread Colin Fox
> Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:15:28 -0800 > From: Bob Arnson > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] A Couple of fundamental questions > To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." > > Message-ID: <49500370.1080...@joyofsetup.com> > Content-Type: tex

Re: [WiX-users] A Couple of fundamental questions

2008-12-22 Thread Bob Arnson
Colin Fox wrote: > But TARGETDIR and SourceDir are not explained. There is no explanation as to > where they are initially set, or why the ID of the directory is "TARGETDIR" > Because that's what MSI needs, for better or for worse. In general, WiX is not an abstraction on top of MSI, so its ru

[WiX-users] A Couple of fundamental questions

2008-12-22 Thread Colin Fox
Hi everyone. I've been going over the docs and examples for about a week now, and I have some fundamental questions that I really need some direction on. First off – the tutorial at http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix is great, but he glosses over a lot of stuff without explaining details, and the sc