Re: [WiX-users] TargetDir question

2013-12-24 Thread Blair Murri
Extremely old documentation. This is newer: http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/votive/votive_project_references.html -Blair > From: bria...@gmail.com > Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2013 07:44:23 -0500 > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] TargetDir question > > I found

Re: [WiX-users] TARGETDIR not being set

2012-10-26 Thread Nick Ramirez
You probably don't want to use TARGETDIR in this way. TARGETDIR points to the root directorty (C:\ for example) of where your files will be installed to. It's not typically where you put components. See this link about TARGETDIR: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa372064(

Re: [WiX-users] TARGETDIR not being set

2012-10-24 Thread Filip Balas
Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] TARGETDIR not being set Hi, Use Directory attribute instead of property. (it's a Type 35 Custom Action) and Schedule this action after InstallValidate in the Execute sequence - that's when directories are checked for write access and

Re: [WiX-users] TARGETDIR not being set

2012-10-24 Thread Narina, Chandra
Hi, Use Directory attribute instead of property. (it's a Type 35 Custom Action) and Schedule this action after InstallValidate in the Execute sequence - that's when directories are checked for write access and truly set. Something like this... Thanks & Regards Narina Chandra Sekhar -Ori

Re: [WiX-users] TARGETDIR

2009-10-28 Thread Blair
n for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] TARGETDIR -Original Message- From: Lough, Norman [mailto:norman.lo...@imass.co.uk] Sent:

Re: [WiX-users] TARGETDIR

2009-10-28 Thread Blair
-Original Message- From: Lough, Norman [mailto:norman.lo...@imass.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 7:32 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject:

Re: [WiX-users] TargetDir/SourceDir question

2009-10-13 Thread Cherney John-CJC030
009 10:30 PM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] TargetDir/SourceDir question Ultimately what kind of paths do you want for your product's installation? What do you wish as far as customizability of your customers regarding those paths

Re: [WiX-users] TargetDir/SourceDir question

2009-10-13 Thread Blair
her...@motorola.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 5:59 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] TargetDir/SourceDir question Is ROOTDRIVE the right thing to modify? Should I modify SourceDir or TARGETDIR instead? I have to do a custom action for th

Re: [WiX-users] TargetDir/SourceDir question

2009-10-13 Thread Cherney John-CJC030
t little I thought I knew. :) Thanks! jwc -Original Message- From: Blair [mailto:os...@live.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 7:15 PM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] TargetDir/SourceDir question ROOTDRIVE in non-administrati

Re: [WiX-users] TargetDir/SourceDir question

2009-10-13 Thread Blair
ROOTDRIVE in non-administrative installations is always set (if you don't set it yourself) to the local drive with the largest amount of free space. See http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/aa371372.aspx Add this to your setup authoring: That will set ROOTDRIVE to the vol

Re: [WiX-users] TargetDir and TFS 2008 build

2008-02-28 Thread Arild Bakken
Hi, I use $(var.MyProject.ProjectDir)\Web.config so that it reads the file from the source folder instead of the output folder, which is OK since the TFS build process does not change the web.config file in any way in my setup. Arild From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [WiX-users] TARGETDIR

2007-12-12 Thread SaiTeja
HI Stefan Thanks a lot. Its working Stefan Pavlik-2 wrote: > > > SaiTeja wrote: >> actually I want to assign C:\ to some property. Presently I hardcoded >> like >> this. >> >> >> And am using this property in many places. Suppose if machine doesn't >> have >> C: drive it will give problems

Re: [WiX-users] TARGETDIR

2007-12-11 Thread Stefan Pavlik
SaiTeja wrote: > actually I want to assign C:\ to some property. Presently I hardcoded like > this. > > > And am using this property in many places. Suppose if machine doesn't have > C: drive it will give problems. > So I want to assign default drive to my property ie INSTALLPATH > > Can you te

Re: [WiX-users] TARGETDIR

2007-12-11 Thread SaiTeja
Hi Stefan, Thanks for response. actually I want to assign C:\ to some property. Presently I hardcoded like this. And am using this property in many places. Suppose if machine doesn't have C: drive it will give problems. So I want to assign default drive to my property ie INSTALLPATH Can you t

Re: [WiX-users] TARGETDIR

2007-12-11 Thread Stefan Pavlik
SaiTeja wrote: > But when I mention only TARGETDIR ie Name="SourceDir"> > it is not showing "C:\". It is showing some times D:\ or E:\ > > What is the problem here? How can I get drive "C:\" Hi If the TARGETDIR is not defined explicitly (common case) then it is defaulted to ROOTDRIVE. And ROOTD