You could also probably use a filekey attribute instead of property??? On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 10:51 AM, Pierson Lee (PIE) < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
