To make it a little clearer, you can sequence it before LaunchConditions so
it will be done near the beginning of the installation process:
<InstallUISequence>
<AppSearch Before="LaunchConditions" />
<InstallUISequence>
<InstallExecuteSequence>
<AppSearch Before="LaunchConditions" />
<InstallExecuteSequence>
Now, about that million billion dollars... :-)
Jim Williams
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Williams [mailto:jimwilliam...@comcast.net]
Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 10:54 PM
To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.'
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Install location based on registry key
AppSearch is the action that performs the registry search that you defined.
You need to add the <AppSearch /> tag to the <InstallExecuteSequence /> and
<installUISequence /> tags. See the Wix.chm file. Then you should see the
registry search in the log file.
Jim Williams
-----Original Message-----
From: Colin Fox [mailto:greenene...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 10:33 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Install location based on registry key
On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 10:11 PM, Jim Williams
<jimwilliam...@comcast.net>wrote:
> Do you have Appsearch in the InstallExecute sequence? Also, you could
> check
> the log file and see what is happening.
>
> Jim Williams
>
I've checked the log file (using msiexec /L*v) but there really isn't
anything in there to help. All it says is that INSTALLDIR gets set to D:\ -
no mention of my registry search at all.
I don't know what AppSearch is, or what the InstallExecute sequence is. I
haven't seen any mention of those in the examples or tutorials.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Colin Fox [mailto:greenene...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 9:46 PM
> To: wix-users
> Subject: [WiX-users] Install location based on registry key
>
> I really hate to be a broken record, but there is only one issue stopping
> me
> from getting my installer working.
>
> I just need to be able to read a location out of a registry key and then
> store 3 files there.
>
> None of the examples really fit the bill, and the one example linked to in
> the big tutorial doesn't actually work.
>
>
> The relevant portion of my wix file is this:
>
> <Media Id="1" Cabinet="Product.cab" EmbedCab="yes" />
> <Property Id="INSTALLDIR"> <RegistrySearch
> Id='SharepointRegistry' Type='raw'
> Root='HKLM' Key='SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NETFramework\AssemblyFolders\'
> Name='SharePoint' />
> </Property>
>
> <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
> <Directory Id="INSTALLDIR">
> <Directory Id="INSTALLLOCATION" Name="ml">
>
> <Component Id="ProductComponent"
> Guid="89C02981-D751-411f-9616-A202547F9D5F">
>
> <File Id="MLSP_asmx"...>
>
>
> >From the docs, and tutorial, and samples, it LOOKS like the setting of
> INSTALLDIR in the property should work - it should set the INSTALLDIR
value
> to be whatever was retrieved from the registry key. I just need to install
> my files in a subdirectory called "ml" under SharePoint's ISAPI directory.
>
> However, INSTALLDIR always gets set to d:\ instead for some reason. So
> INSTALLLOCATION always ends up d:\ml.
>
> Can someone PLEASE show me a working example of grabbing some location
from
> a registry key and storing a file there?
>
> I'll give you a million billion dollars. Or at least my endless gratitude.
>
>
Thanks,
Colin
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