AppSearch happens very early in the install process so it is only useful to initialize Properties. The UI interaction happens later.
Michael Faden wrote: > Hi > > maybe this question is not really new, but I haven't found an answer yet.. > > In my installation dialog, the user has to enter the path to a EXE. When > the user entered the value, I'd like to check, whether it really exists: > > <Property Id="SEARCHFOREXE" > > <DirectorySearch Path="[PATHTOEXE]" Depth="0" Id="FindExe"> > <FileSearch Name="MyApp.exe"/> > </DirectorySearch> > </Property> > ..... > <Publish Dialog="PathsDlg" Control="Back" Event="NewDialog" > Value="InstallDirDlg">1</Publish> > <Publish Dialog="PathsDlg" Control="Next" Event="NewDialog" > Value="VerifyReadyDlg">1</Publish> > <Publish Dialog="PathsDlg" Control="Next" Event="SpawnDialog" > Value="RegAsmError">NOT SEARCHFOREXE</Publish> > ...... > <UI> > <Dialog Id="PathsDlg" Width="370" Height="270" > Title="[ProductName] !(loc.Setup_title)"> > ....... > <Control Id="Path1Label" Type="Text" X="20" Y="60" Width="290" > Height="13" Text="!(loc.PathsDlg_label1):" /> > <Control Id="Path1" Type="Edit" X="20" Y="72" Width="320" > Height="18" Property="PATHTOEXE" Text="60" > ToolTip="!(loc.PathsDlg_path1Help)"/> > > <Control Id="BottomLine" Type="Line" X="0" Y="234" Width="370" > Height="0" /> > <Control Id="Next" Type="PushButton" X="236" Y="243" Width="56" > Height="17" Default="yes" Text="!(loc.WixUINext)" /> > <Control Id="Back" Type="PushButton" X="180" Y="243" Width="56" > Height="17" Text="!(loc.WixUIBack)" /> > <Control Id="Cancel" Type="PushButton" X="304" Y="243" > Width="56" Height="17" Cancel="yes" Text="!(loc.WixUICancel)"> > <Publish Event="SpawnDialog" Value="CancelDlg">1</Publish> > </Control> > </Dialog> > </UI> > > No matter what I enter for PATHTOEXE, I always get the same result. > Obviously the property 'SEARCHFOREXE' is only evaluated once at compile > time. > Is there anybody out there, who can help me that? > > > Thx in advance > Mike > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanners deliver under ANY circumstances! Your > production scanning environment may not be a perfect world - but thanks to > Kodak, there's a perfect scanner to get the job done! With the NEW KODAK i700 > Series Scanner you'll get full speed at 300 dpi even with all image > processing features enabled. http://p.sf.net/sfu/kodak-com > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanners deliver under ANY circumstances! Your production scanning environment may not be a perfect world - but thanks to Kodak, there's a perfect scanner to get the job done! With the NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanner you'll get full speed at 300 dpi even with all image processing features enabled. http://p.sf.net/sfu/kodak-com _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
