This worked. And yes, I had to use a custom action to set the SystemFolder property.
Thanks! Alicia On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 2:21 PM, Scott Sam <s...@clearviewecm.com> wrote: > Windows installer has a bunch of properties that you have access to that > will handle this for you. > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372057.aspx > > <Property Id="COMMANDPROMPT">[SystemFolder]cmd.exe</Property> > Should work except that you might need a custom action to set it. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alicia Holloway [mailto:ahollo...@sounddes.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 1:53 PM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] How to add an Operating System specific shortcut > > Hi, > > I have a Wix project in which I am trying to add a shortcut to a command > prompt which calls a batch file as a command line argument. With the > code I > have so far (see below), I can get it to work on Windows XP only, > because > the environment variable it's using to find the cmd.exe program is > determined at compile time (and it's being compiled on an XP). > > It doesn't work on Windows 2000 because the system32 directory is not > under > "Windows" but rather, under "WINNT". The shortcut appears on the start > menu > on Windows 2000 systems but, clicking on properties displays the line: > "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /k projectvars.bat"...so it can't find > cmd.exe. > > Product.wxs: > ------------------ > > <Property Id="COMMANDPROMPT">$(env.WINDIR)\system32\cmd.exe</Property> > > (alternatively, $(env.ComSpec) could be used instead of > $(env.WINDIR)\system32\cmd.exe) > > > Files.wxs: > -------------- > > <Shortcut Name="Project Command Prompt" Target="[COMMANDPROMPT]" > Arguments="/k projectvars.bat" Id="CommandLineStartMenuShortcut" > WorkingDirectory="BinFolder" Icon="ProjectVarsIcon.exe" > Directory="ProjectToolsProgramMenuFolder"> > <Icon Id="ProjectVarsIcon.exe" SourceFile="cmd.ico"/> > </Shortcut> > > > Is there any way to modify this code so that it determines the value of > the > environment variable at runtime? Or, is there a way of setting a > different > filepath so that it uses the Sys32Folder property somehow? I briefly > attempted to change the property to: > > <Property Id="COMMANDPROMPT">[Sys32Folder]\cmd.exe</Property> > > to see if that could work...but was given the following warning when I > tried > to compile it: > > "If this value is a string literal, not a property reference, please > ignore > this warning. To set a property with the value of another property, use > a > CustomAction with Property and Value attributes." > > But wasn't able to figure out how a CustomAction would apply in this > situation. > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated! > > Best Regards, > Alicia > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by: > SourcForge Community > SourceForge wants to tell your story. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by: > SourcForge Community > SourceForge wants to tell your story. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > -- Alicia Holloway Software Engineer Sound Design Technologies, Ltd. 905-635-0804 x3056 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
