Re: [WiX-users] Nested folders

2008-02-07 Thread Sebastian Brand
FontsFolder resolves to the Windows FontsFolder, not your sub folder. Just change the Id. Best regards, Sebastian Brand Instyler Software - http://www.instyler.com On Feb 7, 2008, at 10:58 , James Fysh wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been having a hell of a time with WiX over the last few hours.

[WiX-users] Nested folders

2008-02-07 Thread James Fysh
Hi all, I've been having a hell of a time with WiX over the last few hours. All I want to do is have a directory below my main installation directory, etc, then a directory within this directory, fonts and a file within this directory, fonts.conf, e.g. c:\MyApp c:\MyApp\bin ... c:\MyApp\et

Re: [WiX-users] Nested folders

2007-02-19 Thread Ricardo Lopes
I found out the problem. After looking carefully at the log file i found out that the file were been copied to the windows fonts folder, because the directory id was "FontsFolder" and the value was overridden by the MSI. After changing the id to something else it worked fine. Thanks. On 19/02

Re: [WiX-users] Nested folders

2007-02-19 Thread André Pönitz
Ricardo Lopes wrote: > I don't know why it install one component and not the other > (at least i can't find it) if they belong to the same feature > (and only one). You could have a look at the installation log (i.e. the file log.txt produced by running 'msiexec /l*v log.txt /i .msi' Andre' -

Re: [WiX-users] Nested folders

2007-02-19 Thread Ricardo Lopes
That was my first tentative but it didn't work, so i tried to use DirectoryRef as i posted. The CreateFolder fixed the problem with the empty folder, one problem less to worry :-) I don't know why it install one component and not the other (at least i can't find it) if they belong to the same fe

Re: [WiX-users] Nested folders

2007-02-19 Thread Stefan Pavlik
I'd say that it should work. Try to put the "App\Backups" folder directly to INSTALLLOCATION folder. (I mean do not use the DirectoryRef element). If it does not help than I don't know. Maybe someone else will konw more about this problem... regards Stefan Ricardo Lopes wrote: > Hi Stefan, >

Re: [WiX-users] Nested folders

2007-02-19 Thread Ricardo Lopes
Hi Stefan, I suppose that was the case with the "App\Documents" folder, but what about the "App\Backups" ? It has files and is part of the feature "ProductFeature". On 19/02/07, Stefan Pavlik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Ricardo... The folder is not created unless you install some file in

Re: [WiX-users] Nested folders

2007-02-19 Thread Stefan Pavlik
Hi Ricardo... The folder is not created unless you install some file in this folder. Another way to ensure that the folder is created is using the CreateFolder element. Te folder will be created even if it is empty. But it will not be removed automaticaly on uninstallation (you need to specify Re

[WiX-users] Nested folders

2007-02-19 Thread Ricardo Lopes
Hi, I have problems creating folders on the instalation folder. The application folder is created but none of the folder inside it are created. Im using Wix 2 and my file looks like this: