Must be a typo... that's a WiX v3 feature. <smile/> -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher Karper Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 10:24 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WindowsFolder variable is not getting picked up
Wix v4? Did I miss something? On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 12:07 PM, Neil Sleightholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > I don't believe the <Property> element supports formatted strings, if > you are using WiX v4 try using the <SetProperty> element. Otherwise you > will need to do it with a custom action. > > Neil > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Silin > Sent: 06 August 2008 16:44 > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] WindowsFolder variable is not getting picked up > > Hi, > > I have the following Property element within my WiX source file: > > <Property Id='INSTALLUTIL_PATH' > Value='[WindowsFolder]\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\InstallUtil.ex > e'/> > > Its parent is the Product element for the feature installed. > > For some reason, the MSI gets built without error, but the installer > barfs, with logs showing that the [WindowsFolder] string was never > resolved into the folder. > > Am I doing something wrong with the syntax? > > Thanks > -greg > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > - > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the > world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
