Re: [WiX-users] Customizable name of a shortcut at installation time

Geert Gerits wrote: > How can I update the Shortcut table with a custom action? Can you please > give me a little example or point me in the right direction? Should I > use a vbscript to modify it or can it be done with the "standard" > attributes of a custom action? > I'm talking about a cust

Re: [WiX-users] Customizable name of a shortcut at installation time

Bob Arnson wrote: > Windows Installer doesn't support formatted names for the names of > files. The only way I can see to do this is to write a custom action > that updates the Shortcut table with the name you want. > > -- > sig://boB > http://joyofsetup.com/ >

Re: [WiX-users] Customizable name of a shortcut at installation time

Geert Gerits wrote: > The only problem I have is that the name attribute of this shortcut > cannot interpret this parameter and will use the name of the parameter > in stead of the value given to this parameter. > Windows Installer doesn't support formatted names for the names of files. The o

[WiX-users] Customizable name of a shortcut at installation time

Hi all, I'm trying to create a customisable msi. This can be done by reading a file or passing command line parameters on the moment of install. It works great in almost every way: - Creating a custom entry in the registry based on the passed parameter - Filling in this entry