A property cannot have an embedded property within it. To do this, you have to do use a custom action that resolves your property into another property.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of zynkerr Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 1:26 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] launch an application during installation hi, i want to launch an application form the [SourceDir] at a specified moment during installation. i tryed: <InstallExecuteSequence> <Custom Action='LaunchMyApp' After='InstallFinalize'>NOT Installed</Custom> </InstallExecuteSequence> <Property Id='MYAPP'>[SourceDir]app.exe</Property> <CustomAction Id='LaunchMyApp' Property='MYAPP' ExeCommand='[SourceDir]readme.txt' Return='ignore' /> but it throws an error: MSI (s) (EC:88) [11:22:06:194]: Note: 1: 1721 2: LaunchMyApp 3: [SourceDir]app.exe 4: C:\Users\xxx\Desktop\samplewixui\Notepadu.exe i guess the installer looks for [SourceDir]app.exe, instead of resolving [SourceDir] to it's value :( is there a way to fix this, or another way of launching an application? thanx. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
