Re: [WiX-users] Shortcut Name

2012-11-30 Thread Natalie Carr
XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Shortcut Name What he is saying is that the Shorcut tables Name property isn't formatted so you can't use properties ( []'s ) to change the name of the shortcut at install time. The only solutions I can think of to get a dynamic shortcut name are:

Re: [WiX-users] Shortcut Name

2012-11-29 Thread Hoover, Jacob
a trivial task to get right. -Original Message- From: Natalie Carr [mailto:natalie.c...@measuresoft.com] Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 10:08 AM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Shortcut Name Hi Phil, I see, something lik

Re: [WiX-users] Shortcut Name

2012-11-29 Thread Natalie Carr
l.wil...@mvps.org] Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 3:44 PM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Shortcut Name See the Shortcut table docs: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa371847(v=vs.85).as px Where the Name is not For

Re: [WiX-users] Shortcut Name

2012-11-29 Thread Phil Wilson
- From: Natalie Carr [mailto:natalie.c...@measuresoft.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 8:43 AM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Shortcut Name Hi Rob, Can u provide a quick sample, I'm not too sure what exactly you mean

Re: [WiX-users] Shortcut Name

2012-11-28 Thread Natalie Carr
olset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Shortcut Name Yes but only if the Name column for the Shortcut is of type "Formatted". On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 1:22 AM, Natalie Carr wrote: > Hi, Is there any way to use a property defined at install time for the > shortcut name attribute or does this

Re: [WiX-users] Shortcut Name

2012-11-28 Thread Rob Mensching
Yes but only if the Name column for the Shortcut is of type "Formatted". On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 1:22 AM, Natalie Carr wrote: > Hi, Is there any way to use a property defined at install time for the > shortcut name attribute or does this have to be defined at build time? > > > > Kind Regards, >

[WiX-users] Shortcut Name

2012-11-28 Thread Natalie Carr
Hi, Is there any way to use a property defined at install time for the shortcut name attribute or does this have to be defined at build time? Kind Regards, Natalie Carr -- Keep yourself connected to Go Parallel: INSI

Re: [WiX-users] Shortcut/@Name does not expand properties?

2008-03-22 Thread Bob Arnson
Markus Kuehni wrote: > It seems that a shortcut name cannot be varied at install time. Is that > correct? > Yes. See the Shortcut table doc in the MSI SDK; unless a column is marked "Formatted," it's fixed. On Windows Vista and Server 2008, you can use DisplayResourceDLL to change the name.

[WiX-users] Shortcut/@Name does not expand properties?

2008-03-22 Thread Markus Kuehni
Hi It seems that a shortcut name cannot be varied at install time. Is that correct? Thanx for all help, Mark - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://cl