Re: [WiX-users] Setting Manufacturer Property to Directory

2013-02-07 Thread Marc Beaudry
: February-07-2013 11:16 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Setting Manufacturer Property to Directory You can't use properties as directory names because the type of the Name attribute is LongFileNameType, not Formatted (see the Wix help), and pro

Re: [WiX-users] Setting Manufacturer Property to Directory

2013-02-07 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
You can't use properties as directory names because the type of the Name attribute is LongFileNameType, not Formatted (see the Wix help), and property names are not substituted except in formatted types. Even if you could do it, it would be a bad idea because it would break the auto component guid