What do you have underneath your <Directory> element? Generally you put another
<Directory> element in to make the files go where you want, as in this example
from "Authoring your first .wxs file" in the wix help:
<Directory Id='TARGETDIR' Name='SourceDir'>
<Directory Id='ProgramFilesFolder' Name='PFiles'>
<Directory Id='MyDir' Name='Test Program'>
<Component Id='MyComponent'
Guid='12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012'>
<File Id='readme' Name='readme.txt' DiskId='1'
Source='readme.txt' />
</Component>
</Directory>
</Directory>
</Directory>
I'm sure there's a rational reason for the cryptic first, required, <Directory>
entry but I don't know it :)
Neil
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Mumford [EMAIL
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Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 5:42 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: [WiX-users] Source vs. target
I'm ashamedly naive about a fairly core issue with WiX. Maybe you guys can
clear this up for me. As I write my installer I've been thinking of the
"source" files as those that I am installing, and the "target" as where they
will be on the machine on which the install is being run.
So right away I'm looking at the first directory element in my *.wxs file:
<Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
and I'm having a hard time figuring out what the heck this even means. The
MSDN documetation for
SourceDir<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa371857(VS.85).aspx>just
says, "The
*SourceDir* property is the root directory that contains the source cabinet
file or the source file tree of the installation package". Now since I never
create or see a cabinet file when running WiX I'm assuming that this is the
directory containing my MSI file when running the installation. But when I
run the installation it's set to drive C:\ weven though my MSI is on a
network share.
-Chris
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