Re: [WiX-users] Shortcut Target Attribute

2008-11-17 Thread Rob Mensching
The WiX.chm is more complete. There is a bug open on the website issue. -Original Message- From: JLM [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 12:39 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Shortcut Target Attribute I did not

Re: [WiX-users] Shortcut Target Attribute

2008-11-17 Thread JLM
vember 17, 2008 08:19 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Shortcut Target Attribute > > Ok, I have managed to get the string I think I need into the Target of the > shortcut, but, Windows still says it needs to find the executable whe

Re: [WiX-users] Shortcut Target Attribute

2008-11-17 Thread Rob Mensching
, 2008 08:19 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Shortcut Target Attribute Ok, I have managed to get the string I think I need into the Target of the shortcut, but, Windows still says it needs to find the executable when I click on the shortcut. I have

Re: [WiX-users] Shortcut Target Attribute

2008-11-17 Thread JLM
; >>> The use of [INSTALLDIR] instead of an absolute file reference is used in >>> my installer as it means that the shortcut always points to the >>> installed file even if the user changes the install directory. If the >>> user cannot alter the install directory th

Re: [WiX-users] Shortcut Target Attribute

2008-11-17 Thread Chad Miles
taller as it means that the shortcut always points to the > > installed file even if the user changes the install directory. If the > > user cannot alter the install directory then using an absolute reference > > (C:\Program Files\ etc) to the file should work also. > &g

Re: [WiX-users] Shortcut Target Attribute

2008-11-17 Thread JLM
sage----- > From: JLM [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 09:39 > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] Shortcut Target Attribute > > So in my last email I got a hint to use the Target attribute of the > shortcut tag. I need the shor

Re: [WiX-users] Shortcut Target Attribute

2008-11-17 Thread JLM
I finally figured this out. I must use properties in the Target attribute to point to a target that isn't part of the installation. I thought properties were just a way of keeping common references in one place. JLM wrote: > So in my last email I got a hint to use the Target attribute of the sh

Re: [WiX-users] Shortcut Target Attribute

2008-11-17 Thread Chris Lord
, 2008 09:39 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Shortcut Target Attribute So in my last email I got a hint to use the Target attribute of the shortcut tag. I need the shortcut's target to be: "C:\Program Files\Tcl\bin\wish85.exe" "path_to_tcl file"

[WiX-users] Shortcut Target Attribute

2008-11-17 Thread JLM
So in my last email I got a hint to use the Target attribute of the shortcut tag. I need the shortcut's target to be: "C:\Program Files\Tcl\bin\wish85.exe" "path_to_tcl file" Unfortunately, the schema documentation for the shortcut tag is empty, so I don't know exactly how to format this tag. I