Then, assuming the documentation's correct, it needs to be set to a property
which contains the required path as the doc says. In
DestinationProperty="PATH"
which works, you've set it to the name of the property called PATH which
contains a pathname. You need to create a property which contains a string
giving the required path, and give the name of that property to
DestinationProperty.
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
> Mike Menaker
> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 11:01 PM
> To: Richard; WiX Users
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Problems with copy file
>
> According to the Wix Documentation
>
> DestinationProperty String Set this value to a property
> that will have a value that resolves to the full path of the
> destination
> directory. The property does not have to exist in the
> installer database
> at creation time; it could be created at installation time by a custom
> action, on the command line, etc. This attribute cannot be
> specified in
> conjunction with DestinationDirectory.
>
> What do you mean add a Directory element. How would I do this
> when all I
> have is a path?
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard
> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 2:58 PM
> To: WiX Users
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Problems with copy file
>
>
> In article
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ologies.co
> m>,
> "Mike Menaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > <File Id=3D"FILE1" Name=3D"FILE1" LongName=3D"MovieSearch.gram"
> > Source=3D"$(var.SOURCEPATH)\ \">
> > <CopyFile Id=3D"CopyFile" DestinationName=3D" FILE1"
> > DestinationLongName=3D"file.txt" DestinationProperty=3D"[PATH]\dir\"
> />
> > </File> =20
> >
> > If I use DestinationProperty=3D"PATH" it works.
> >
> > I have also tried DestinationProperty=3D"PATH\dir\"
> >
> > What am I doing wrong?
>
> DestinationProperty must be the name of a row in your Directory table,
> it isn't a formatted string that gives the location of the directory.
>
> So to fix your problem, add a Directory element that defines
> [PATH]\dir and then reference this in your CopyFile element.
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