That did the trick - I had a feeling it would turn out to be something pretty simple..!
Thanks Neil Have you include <PropertyRef Id="NETFRAMEWORK20INSTALLROOTDIR" /> in you code? Neil -----Original Message----- From: Paul Nearney [mailto:paul_near...@hotmail.com] Sent: 02 April 2009 17:07 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] EventSource EventMessageFile and NETFRAMEWORK20INSTALLROOTDIR Hi all, I suspect there may be a really simple answer to this (I am new to WiX) - I am struggling to get the NETFRAMEWORK20INSTALLROOTDIR property to work in the EventMessageFile attribute of an EventSource. I am using the VS2008 integration for WiX, and have added a reference to WixVSExtension.dll. I have also referenced the namespace like so: <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi"; xmlns:util="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension"; xmlns:netfx="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/NetFxExtension"; > In my component, I am trying to create an event log source using the following: <util:EventSource Name="NormSvc" Log="Application" EventMessageFile="[NETFRAMEWORK20INSTALLROOTDIR]EventLogMessages.dll" /> When installed, the event log source gets created, but the EventMessageFile entry in the source's registry key is set to "EventLogMessages.dll", rather than "C:\Windows\...blah...\EventLogMessages.dll". If I use [WindowsFolder] in the EventMessageFile attribute, this resolves to C:\Windows correctly. If it helps, using Orca to look at the MSI shows the registry value as being "#%[NETFRAMEWORK20INSTALLROOTDIR]EventLogMessages.dll" - I don't yet know enough to know if this is correct or not. Could this be because [NETFRAMEWORK20INSTALLROOTDIR] is defined in a different namespace to the doc I am using it in? Thanks, Paul _________________________________________________________________ View your Twitter and Flickr updates from one place - Learn more! http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/137984870/direct/01/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/EventSource-EventMessageFile-and-NETFRAMEWORK20INSTALLROOTDIR-tp2576086p2579754.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
