Thanks! I will have to see what each approach does to the MSI... Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Services http://www.artizan.com/
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Installing to multiple disks From: Neil Sleightholm <n...@x2systems.com> To: tomtr...@artizan.com, General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Date: 3/3/2009 11:44 AM > The SetProperty can be scheduled with the Before and After attributes. > Although I used SetProperty in this example SetDirectory might be more > appropriate (but it can't be scheduled), e.g.: > <SetDirectory Id="DATALOCATION" Value="[WindowsVolume]My Data > Folder"><![CDATA[DATALOCATION=""]]></SetDirectory> > > (The condition allows it to be overridden on the command line.) > > Neil > > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas S. Trias [mailto:tomtr...@artizan.com] > Sent: 03 March 2009 16:18 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Installing to multiple disks > > Neil, > > Interesting; I'd never used SetProperty before; I found that creating a > Property with the same Id allowed me to give the Directory a default > value. Does anyone know of any caveats to this method? The one I can > see off the bat is that the Property element cannot be scheduled, but > since I'm not using any UI, I don't know if that is a problem. > > I'll try it and check the install log to see if it looks any different. > > Thanks, > > Thomas S. Trias > Senior Developer > Artizan Internet Services > http://www.artizan.com/ > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Installing to multiple disks > From: Neil Sleightholm <n...@x2systems.com> > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Date: 3/3/2009 4:18 AM > >> TARGETDIR is just the root for Directory elements, you can add sub >> elements to this that are for each drive you want to install to. You >> will need to set these with a property or the SetDirectory element, >> e.g.: >> >> <SetProperty Id=APPLICATION " Value="C:\" After="CostInitialize" >> /> >> <SetProperty Id=LOGS " Value="D:\" After="CostInitialize" /> >> >> <Directory Id=ARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> >> <Directory Id=PPLICATION" /> >> <Directory Id=OGS" /> >> </Directory> >> >> Neil >> >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------ > Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San > Francisco, CA > -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the > Enterprise > -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source > participation > -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: > SFAD > http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
