Re: [WiX-users] Dynamically grab directory value

2007-08-17 Thread Gareth at Serif
You can also avoid making the directory into a global property by using [$component_name] to evaluate the full path to where a component is installed to in the same way that Rob suggests [#field] fo evaluate the location of a file. Cheers, Gareth Rob Hamflett wrote: > > Rob's suggestion is i

Re: [WiX-users] Dynamically grab directory value

2007-08-16 Thread Rob Hamflett
it'll do what > you want. > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Greenberg > Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 7:48 AM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] Dynamically grab directory val

Re: [WiX-users] Dynamically grab directory value

2007-08-16 Thread Rob Mensching
users] Dynamically grab directory value Hello, I need to store the path of a particular file in the registry. I'd like to be able to use a variable or property of some kind of to populate the registry value. Is there a way I can get the path of a WiX element, or the path of a particular componen

[WiX-users] Dynamically grab directory value

2007-08-16 Thread Ben Greenberg
Hello, I need to store the path of a particular file in the registry. I'd like to be able to use a variable or property of some kind of to populate the registry value. Is there a way I can get the path of a WiX element, or the path of a particular component, so that it is generated a runtime