I didn't try [\/] only \/. I may have missed the [] part in the msdn topic for
FormattedStrings. There is still the problem with the misplaced double quote
though. I haven't tried your suggestion yet, but thanks for your help.
JVE
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From: Levi Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 2:19 PM
To: Jason Van Eaton; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Setting the target of a shortcut
Can't you do something like this:
<Property Id='ShortcutTarget' Value='WorkingDirectory'/>
<CustomAction Id='SetShortcutTarget' Property='ShortcutTarget' Value='%ComSpec%
[\/]k [WorkingDirectory]wix\doc\wix
.chm'/>
I thought I read somewhere on MSDN (can't find the doc right now) you can do
[\x] and it will print a literal 'x'. Maybe try that?
On 1/10/07, Jason Van Eaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
I should have mentioned that I had already tried \/ to no avail. However, your
comment about it being XML makes a lot of sense. I will try the escape
sequence for / and see what happens. Thanks!
JVE
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From: Brian Patton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>]
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 4:31 PM
To: Jason Van Eaton
Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Setting the target of a shortcut
Perhaps you could try backslashing the forward-slash characters? (i.e. '\/' for
each instance of '/' you want to show up)
At least for ampersand (&), I've noticed I have to use & because WiX is an
XML format. Perhaps it would also accept some hex representation of the
forward-slash.
On 1/9/07, Jason Van Eaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
I want to set the Target of a Shortcut as follows (please not the location of
the quotes and direction of the forward slash)...
%ComSpec% /k "C:\Program Files\<MyApp>\wix\doc\wix.chm"
<Shortcut Id='Shortcut_Desktop'
Directory='DesktopFolder'
Name='MyApp'
WorkingDirectory='WorkingDirectory'
Icon='Icon_MyApp.ico'
Target='[ShortcutTarget]'>
</Shortcut>
<Property Id='WorkingDirectory' Value='INSTALLDIR'/>
<CustomAction Id='SetWorkingDirectory' Property='WorkingDirectory'
Value='[INSTALLDIR]'/>
<Property Id='ShortcutTarget' Value='WorkingDirectory'/>
<CustomAction Id='SetShortcutTarget' Property='ShortcutTarget' Value='%ComSpec%
/k [WorkingDirectory]wix\doc\wix.chm'/>
What I get is...
"%ComSpec% \k C:\Program Files\<MyApp>\wix\doc\wix.chm"
So the 2 problems I need to overcome are the location of the double quote and
the changing of the direction of the forward slash to a back slash.
Furthermore, I am a little confused why the WorkingDirectory attribute of the
Shortcut accepts a Property Id without the []'s and the Target attribute does
not. That is more of an inconsistency in my current understanding.
Thanks!
JVE
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