Re: [WiX-users] Spaces in Shortcut/@Arguments

2007-09-27 Thread Chris Ridd
On Thursday, September 27, 2007, at 01:59PM, "John Vottero" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Thursday, September 27, 2007, at 01:00PM, "John Vottero" >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Should something be properly escaping/quoting the argument? I can >> slip >> >> a couple of "s into my argumen

Re: [WiX-users] Spaces in Shortcut/@Arguments

2007-09-27 Thread John Vottero
> On Thursday, September 27, 2007, at 01:00PM, "John Vottero" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Should something be properly escaping/quoting the argument? I can > slip > >> a couple of "s into my arguments string, but that feels like a > >> layering hack. > > > >WiX and MSI have no way of knowing

Re: [WiX-users] Spaces in Shortcut/@Arguments

2007-09-27 Thread Chris Ridd
On Thursday, September 27, 2007, at 01:00PM, "John Vottero" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Should something be properly escaping/quoting the argument? I can slip >> a couple of "s into my arguments string, but that feels like a >> layering hack. > >WiX and MSI have no way of knowing that your arg

Re: [WiX-users] Spaces in Shortcut/@Arguments

2007-09-27 Thread John Vottero
> I'm generating a number of shortcuts to programs/scripts/etc that take > arguments. One tester has noticed that a shortcut set up like: > > > Name="logconf" LongName="Log Configuration Tool" > > Target="[INSTALLDIR]bin\wish.exe" > > Arguments="[INSTALLDIR]bin\logconfig" > > WorkingD

[WiX-users] Spaces in Shortcut/@Arguments

2007-09-27 Thread Chris Ridd
Hi, I'm generating a number of shortcuts to programs/scripts/etc that take arguments. One tester has noticed that a shortcut set up like: fails because at install-time [INSTALLDIR] becomes C:\Program Files\Foo, and so the expected single argument gets split into "C:\Program" and "Files\Foo\b