Hi all,
I have a problem changing an existing installer. Orginially the user could
specify the value of INSTALLDIR via the UI to choose the location of the
install (which defaulted to C:\Program Files\...). This was all working
fine.
Then we reaised that we actually needed to control the install location at a
higher level in the tree (COMBINEDPRODUCTFOLDER - see code extract below) so
that we could fix the structure of directories below this level. We changed
the ConfigurableDirectory on the Feature to the new directory and changed
the UI to set this value instead. The installer still runs through okay and
defaults the directory for the user at the right level, then goes ahead and
installs.
The problem is that the files are still created under the default C:\Program
Files\... location regardless of what the user enters in the UI. Can anyone
explain what I'm doing wrong - I'm sure you should be able to do this?
Thanks,
Nick
<Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
<Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder" Name="PFiles">
<Directory Id="CompanyFolder" Name="$(var.CompanyName83)"
LongName="$(var.CompanyName)">
<Directory Id="COMBINEDPRODUCTFOLDER"
Name="$(var.ProductGroupName83)" LongName="$(var.ProductGroupName)">
<Directory Id="ModuleFolder"
Name="$(var.ModuleName83)" LongName="$(var.ModuleName)">
<Directory Id="INSTALLDIR"
Name="$(var.ProductName83)" LongName="$(var.ProductName)">
<Component Id="InstallDirFolder"
Guid="746F3BEC-75DF-417a-9BF8-027464B5180A" KeyPath="yes">
<CreateFolder />
</Component>
</Directory>
</Directory>
</Directory>
</Directory>
</Directory>
</Directory>
...
<Feature Id="DefaultFeature" Level="1"
ConfigurableDirectory="COMBINEDPRODUCTFOLDER">
<ComponentRef Id="InstallDirFolder" />
...
</Feature>
...
<Property Id="WIXUI_INSTALLDIR" Value="COMBINEDPRODUCTFOLDER" />
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