Scott Palmer wrote:
> I'm using WiX3.
> I am trying to make a shortcut as part of installing a
> component. The shortcut is to a launcher application that is
> installed in another component with a command-line argument
> that has the path to a file in the component that contains
> the shortcut.
>
> [...]
>
> Is it just me or does everyone else find working with MSI
> infuriating ? I'm worried that I will be driven to do
> something violent... ;-)
It's not just you. A huge time sink, unfortunately the
other options to create Windows installers seem even worse...
And no, I haven't found a non-complaining way to install
shortcuts with Wix v3 either.
In my little world there's now a big sign saying 'It doesn't
work in Wix v3 at all'. I don't care too much whether this
is true or not, but it helps keeping the bloodpressure low.
Btw, just ignoring the warning works. Right now I have those
parts of the installer code that can't be validated in
<?if $(var.Validation = 0 ?>
[Shortcut stuff]
<?endif?>
blocks and pass -DValidation={0,1} on the commandline.
This way at least partial validation is possible.
Andre'
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