Re: [WiX-users] Using INSTALLDIR in MSM That Eventually Reflects the MSIs INSTALLDIR

2009-05-20 Thread Bob Arnson
jnewton wrote: > The problem is that the exe that I am referencing is actually in the MSI > that I am merging into. Basically the MSM just contains a bunch of static > registry entries (i.e. basically just adding the registry keys for the exe's > type library information). If I just [#blah.exe] in

Re: [WiX-users] Using INSTALLDIR in MSM That Eventually Reflects the MSIs INSTALLDIR

2009-05-20 Thread Sonu Kapoor
; >> > >> Have you considered using a WixLib to do this? > >> > >>> Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 20:17:30 -0700 > >>> From: jonathan.new...@ni.com > >>> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >>> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Using INSTALLDIR

Re: [WiX-users] Using INSTALLDIR in MSM That Eventually Reflects the MSIs INSTALLDIR

2009-05-20 Thread Eric St . John
From: sonukap...@gmail.com > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Using INSTALLDIR in MSM That Eventually Reflects > the MSIs INSTALLDIR > > I dont know what WixLib is. I am googleing... > > On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 11:00 AM, Eric St.John > wro

Re: [WiX-users] Using INSTALLDIR in MSM That Eventually Reflects the MSIs INSTALLDIR

2009-05-20 Thread Sonu Kapoor
> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Using INSTALLDIR in MSM That Eventually Reflects > the MSIs INSTALLDIR > > > > > > Hi Bob, > > > > The problem is that the exe that I am referencing is actually in the MSI > > that I am merging into. Basically the MSM just con

Re: [WiX-users] Using INSTALLDIR in MSM That Eventually Reflects the MSIs INSTALLDIR

2009-05-20 Thread Eric St . John
Have you considered using a WixLib to do this? > Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 20:17:30 -0700 > From: jonathan.new...@ni.com > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Using INSTALLDIR in MSM That Eventually Reflects the > MSIs INSTALLDIR > > > Hi Bob,

Re: [WiX-users] Using INSTALLDIR in MSM That Eventually Reflects the MSIs INSTALLDIR

2009-05-19 Thread jnewton
Hi Bob, The problem is that the exe that I am referencing is actually in the MSI that I am merging into. Basically the MSM just contains a bunch of static registry entries (i.e. basically just adding the registry keys for the exe's type library information). If I just [#blah.exe] in the MSM, it s

Re: [WiX-users] Using INSTALLDIR in MSM That Eventually Reflects the MSIs INSTALLDIR

2009-05-19 Thread Bob Arnson
jnewton wrote: > Yeah, you actually get ICE errors on that MSM. However, I am stuck now not > knowing how I can reference the INSTALLDIR propery in my MSM. What is the > proper way I should go about doing this? INSTALLDIR ends up being mapped to > a location where I install various executables. My

Re: [WiX-users] Using INSTALLDIR in MSM That Eventually Reflects the MSIs INSTALLDIR

2009-05-19 Thread jnewton
Yeah, you actually get ICE errors on that MSM. However, I am stuck now not knowing how I can reference the INSTALLDIR propery in my MSM. What is the proper way I should go about doing this? INSTALLDIR ends up being mapped to a location where I install various executables. My MSM installs various

Re: [WiX-users] Using INSTALLDIR in MSM That Eventually Reflects the MSIs INSTALLDIR

2009-05-19 Thread Rob Mensching
Hmm, sounds like Wise broke the Merge Module spec. The correct way to refer to the directory in the Merge Module is with the .G_U_I_D appended. jnewton wrote: > I used to have some MSMs created by Wise that had an entry in the directory > tree of INSTALLDIR. This entry didn't have modularization