Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action

2013-05-20 Thread John Ludlow
custom action and the files haven't been copied yet. You need > immediate="no", I think that's the syntax. > > Custom actions have conditions. A typical condition to cause a CA to run > only at install time is (case sensitive) Not Installed > > Phil > > -O

Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action

2013-05-20 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
tom action without much grief. Mark Freedman -Original Message- From: Phil Wilson [mailto:phil.wil...@mvps.org] Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 1:18 PM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action Th

Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action

2013-05-20 Thread John Ludlow
s. > > Thanks. > > Mark Freedman > > > -Original Message- > From: John Cooper [mailto:jocoo...@jackhenry.com] > Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 12:49 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path fr

Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action

2013-05-20 Thread Phil Wilson
-Original Message- From: Freedman, Mark P. [mailto:mark.freed...@jhuapl.edu] Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 9:55 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action Turns out the attribute I was trying to use was INST

Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action

2013-05-20 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
20, 2013 12:49 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action First off, scheduling. The values of Directory properties (including one like INSTALLDIR), aren't going to be meaningful until after CostFina

Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action

2013-05-20 Thread John Cooper
& Associates, Inc.® Shawnee Mission, KS  66227 Office:  913-341-3434 x791011 jocoo...@jackhenry.com www.jackhenry.com -Original Message- From: Freedman, Mark P. [mailto:mark.freed...@jhuapl.edu] Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 11:30 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [W

Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action

2013-05-20 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action When did you schedule your CA to run? -Original Message- From: Freedman, Mark P. [mailto:mark.freed...@jhuapl.edu] Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 11:30 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX

Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action

2013-05-20 Thread Hoover, Jacob
When did you schedule your CA to run? -Original Message- From: Freedman, Mark P. [mailto:mark.freed...@jhuapl.edu] Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 11:30 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action I have a custom action and am

[WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action

2013-05-20 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
I have a custom action and am trying to access the Install Directory, or Target path (the base folder that the user chooses to install to). Within my Action, I tried pulling it from Session. TARGETDIR maps to "C:\", despite installing it to program files, and INSTALLDIR yields empty stirng. Wha