Please refer to http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/lesson1.php, under "1.5 Where to Install?". It contains a really simple and exhaustive explanation about this issue.
Hope this helps, Boris Riyaz Mogharabin wrote: > Hi everybody, > > I have to read a registry value from a specific key ( lets say > HKLM\Software\Company\ ) and this value contains the path to the location > where we need to install the software (so the format of the value will be > something like "C:\Company\HomeDir\" ). > > How can I get this value by use of <RegistrySearch> Element? How can I > assign this value to the Directory where I want to install files in? > > > > > > <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir" > > > <Directory Id="CompanyDIR" Name="Company" > > > <Component Id="Components" Guid="<Sample-GUID>" > > > <File Id='file01' Name='SampleFile' /> > > </Component> > > </Directory> > > </Directory> > > > > This means, the Value must be divided into the directory names, and be used > in the <Directory> names. But how can I get this value by <RegistrySearch> > Element, and how can I divide it? Can anybody give me a sample code? > > Also I must add that I use "wix-2.0.5805.0" as the stable version. > > Thank you very much, > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
