Thanks for providing the references to this series of blog posts. I read several of these posts and was extremely impressed. It clarified several questions that I had about the directory element. It is fantastic to see all of these topics listed in one place.
Durwin Wright | Sr. Architect | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Ingres | 500 Arguello Street | Suite 200 | Redwood City | CA | 94063 | USA +1 650-587-5523 | fax: +1 650-587-5550 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 10:31 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Source vs. target I would highly suggest reading Rob's series of blog posts "Deciphering the MSI Directory table".. Part 1 - http://blogs.msdn.com/robmen/archive/2005/06/21/431294.aspx Part 2 - http://blogs.msdn.com/robmen/archive/2005/06/28/433241.aspx Part 3 - http://blogs.msdn.com/robmen/archive/2005/07/04/435572.aspx Part 4 - http://blogs.msdn.com/robmen/archive/2005/07/12/437912.aspx Part 5 - http://blogs.msdn.com/robmen/archive/2005/11/04/489346.aspx Part 6 - http://blogs.msdn.com/robmen/archive/2006/10/12/deciphering-the-msi-dire ctory-table-part-6-standard-directories.aspx Part 7 - http://blogs.msdn.com/robmen/archive/2006/10/17/deciphering-the-msi-dire ctory-table-part-7-directories-are-properties.aspx On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 11:12 PM, Chris Mumford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Neil: > > Thanks for responding. Sure, I do have other directories like: > > <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder"> > <Directory Id="DesktopFolder"> > <Directory Id="SystemFolder"> > <Directory Id="CommonAppDataFolder" Name="MyDataDir"> > <Directory Id="ProgramMenuFolder"> > > But only 2 of these are direct children of the parent TARGETDIR folder so > things seem a bit arbitrary here. Why not just call the top level > <Directory> tag <Directories> since there really isn't the parent child > relationship that the file format suggests - at least suggests to me. The > larger mystery is the relatioship between the ID and the Name. I'm sure I'll > figure it out eventually... > > -Chris > On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 9:03 PM, Neil Enns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> 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 >> >> ________________________________ >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [ >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Mumford [ >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> 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 >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - >> Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. >> It's the best place to buy or sell services for >> just about anything Open Source. >> http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php >> _______________________________________________ >> WiX-users mailing list >> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - >> Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. >> It's the best place to buy or sell services for >> just about anything Open Source. >> http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php >> _______________________________________________ >> WiX-users mailing list >> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. 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