My objective was to create a short path of the INSTALLDIR after install files
to be used by other custom action to execute an executable. Your suggestion
will search registry during AppSearch and will not create a short path of
the INSTALLDIR since the package was not installed yet.
Thanks anyway!
Brian Rogers-3 wrote:
>
> Is it necessary to use a custom action to do this? Couldn't you do
> something like this instead?
>
> <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
> <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder">
> <Directory Id="INSTALLDIR" Name="WixSample">
> <Component Id="DefaultComponent" Guid="PUT-GUID-HERE">
> <CreateFolder />
> </Component>
> </Directory>
> </Directory>
> </Directory>
>
> <Property Id="INSTALLDIR">
> <RegistrySearch Id="InstallDirSearch"
> Type="raw"
> Root="HKCU"
> Key="Software\Test\Resources"
> Name="InstallDirShort" />
> </Property>
>
> ######################################
> $_='^#(/||/@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@:^[-['^";@@@\\>])@.".
> "{)/];)^{";$,+=(++$,);$_.=">&$,";`$_`;
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Romeo Salayo Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 5:45 AM
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 Error
>
>
> I just found the cause, it was the TerminalServerAware="yes", however how
> can
> I install the package in Vista? It needs an elevated privileges. Is this
> possible? A terminal server awareness and a elevated privileges?
>
>
> Romeo Salayo Jr. wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I created a installer package that will be installed in almost all
>> platform (XP, XP x64, 2003, 2003 x64, Vista, and Vista x64). The problem
>> is, I have a CA that works fine in XP, VISTA while in 2003 R2 x64, it
>> shows an error message "Invalid root in registry key
>> HKCU\...\InstallDir",
>> but this CA works fine in other OS,
>>
>> What seems to be the problem? My CA looks like:
>>
>> Function CreateShortInstallDir()
>> On Error Resume Next
>> Dim wsc, fso, installdir, val
>> set wsc = CreateObject( "WScript.Shell" )
>> Set fso = CreateObject( "Scripting.FileSystemObject" )
>>
>> ' Get InstallDir
>> installdir = wsc.RegRead(
>> "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Test\Resources\InstallDir" )
>>
>> ' Check if exists otherwise create it
>> If Not fso.FolderExists( installdir ) Then fso.CreateFolder(
>> installdir )
>>
>> ' Generate ShortPath
>> Set val = fso.GetFolder( installdir )
>>
>> ' Write ShortPath to registry
>> wsc.RegWrite
>> "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Test\Resources\InstallDirShort",
>> val.ShortPath, "REG_SZ"
>> End Function
>>
>> <CustomAction Id="CreateShortInstallDir" BinaryKey="CustomScripts"
>> VBScriptCall="CreateShortInstallDir" Execute="deferred" Return="check"
>> Impersonate="no" />
>>
>> <Custom Action="CreateShortInstallDir" After="SetRegistryValues">Not
>> Installed</Custom>
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Romeo
>>
>
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