I think you want to change "${var.MYDIR}\hotkeys.exe" to [MYDIR]hotkeys.exe"
Rob
bryan rasmussen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I need to write a key to the registry pointing to the location of my
> program. It is in the ProgramFilesFolder. How do I refer to this
> variable in the registry key?
>
> with the following I get an MSI out but it crashes halfway through;
>
>
> <Directory Id='TARGETDIR' Name='SourceDir'>
> <Directory Id='ProgramFilesFolder'
>
> Name='PFiles'>
> <Directory Id='MYDIR' Name='TestProg'
>
> LongName='Test Program'>
> <Component Id='hotkeyfiles'
>
> Guid='12345678-1234-1234-1234-098765432112'>
> <File Id='hotkeysexe'
>
> LongName='GrowBusinesshotkeys.exe'
>
> Name="hotkeys.exe" DiskId='1' Vital="yes"
>
> src='C:\projects\work\growbusinesshotkeys\demomachin
>
> e\hotkeys.exe' />
> <File Id='gbsicon'
>
> Name='gbslogo.ico' DiskId='1' Vital="yes"
>
> src='C:\projects\work\growbusinesshotkeys\demomachin
>
> e\gbslogo.ico' />
> <File Id='gbssite'
>
> Name='gbssite.txt' DiskId='1'
>
> src='C:\projects\work\growbusinesshotkeys\demomachin
>
> e\gbssite.txt' />
> <File
>
> Id='_1280X1024contextsetter' Name="c1280x1"
>
> LongName='1280X1024contextsetter' DiskId='1'
>
> src='C:\projects\work\growbusinesshotkeys\demomachin
>
> e\1280X1024contextsetter' />
> <Registry Root="HKCU"
>
>
> Key="Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run"
> Action="createKey" >
> <Registry Name="SIHotkeys"
>
> Value="${var.MYDIR}\hotkeys.exe" Type="string" />
> </Registry>
>
> Cheers,
> Bryan Rasmussen
>
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