You probably want to use the File/@Source attribute. This tells Light where to pick up your file when it's building the MSI. The file will still get installed to c:\Program Files\RRHome\RRFoo because your component is nested under that directory structure.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ken MacDonald Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 11:07 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Location of SourceDir? Hi all, I'm real new at MSI and WiX. I've created a Votive/ Visual Studio project 'wixfoo' - currently there's only a single file in the WiX, macdok.foo, and it should be installed on a target system at c:\program files\RR Landscapes\RRfoo\macdok.foo. I've tried placing the .foo file in a ..\RR Landscapes\RRfoo\ subdirectory in a variety of places including c:\auth\wixfoo\RR Landscapes\RRfoo\ c:\auth\wixfoo\wixfoo\RR Landscapes\RRfoo\ c:\auth\wixfoo\wixfoo\bin\RR Landscapes\RRfoo\ c:\auth\wixfoo\wixfoo\bin\Debug\RR Landscapes\RRfoo\ but always get the error: C:\auth\wixfoo\wixfoo\Product.wxs(14) : error LGHT0100 : File of type 'File' with name 'SourceDir\RR Landscapes\RRfoo\macdok.foo' could not be found. I've looked at the documentation (the "getting started" page is blank?!?) and the online tutorial, and all I found that seemed relevant was that the source directory tree should be the same as the target - does this mean I must put my .foo file in my build system's c:\Program Files\... etc? Any clues as to how to do this appreciated. Ken Here's most of my .wxs: ============================================================================================================= <Media Id="1" Cabinet="Product.cab" EmbedCab="yes" /> <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder"> <Directory Id="RRhome" LongName="RR Landscapes" Name="RRhome"> <Directory Id="INSTALLLOCATION" Name="RRfoo"> <Component Id="SoftFooWare" Guid="SOMEGUID-7bb3-4ab2-aa54-da09c5e8be4f"> <File Id="macdok.foo" Name="macdok.foo" Vital="yes" KeyPath="yes" DiskId="1" /> </Component> </Directory> </Directory> </Directory> </Directory> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
