Hi,...
First of all - I do not know how to create short directory name (you can try to write custom action). But for [!FileId] - it is feature of MSI but it is related only to files. It means that you cannot use it to create the 8.3 format of directory. I would use the Custom action which will read the property filled with [!FileId] and then it will remove the filename from the end ( check the funciton splitpaht() ). Regards Stefan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I’m trying to set an environment variable to be the value of INSTALLDIR, > but I need it to be the 8.3 style path. > > > I saw an old mailing list thread about this topic that Rob responded to > with: > > > > >You could always just use "[!FileId]" to get the short name of a > file. > > > > This thread was in the context of WiX 3.0, however. When I try to do > this with WiX 2.0, my environment variable ends up unset. > > > > Is this a WiX 3 specific feature? > > > > --Chris > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Stefan Pavlik | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Whitestein Technologies s.r.o. | www.whitestein.com Panenska 28 | 811 03 Bratislava | Slovak Republic Main +421 2 5443-5502 | Direct +421 2 5930-0735 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
