If I remember correctly, environment variables are only written on InstallFinalize. Once the installation completes, the environment variable should be available.
I think I ran into this once before, and our answer was to change the application (a config utility we would run as part of the install) to not require an environment variable. I don't know if that is a good answer for you, but maybe it will offer some insight. HTH John 2009/6/24 Sascha Beaumont <sascha.beaum...@gmail.com>: > I've noticed that InstallShield sometimes uses it's own Custom Actions > for what you might think are fairly simple operations. The best bet > would be to create a basic MSI from InstallShield, decompile it, and > see what the resulting wxs looks like. > > On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 2:55 AM, JW<improvi...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> Some legacy components of our application require an environment variable >> that we are setting with the Environment element. This is the WiX code: >> <Environment Id="SetHome" Action="set" Name="APPHOME" >> Value="[INSTALLLOCATION]" System="yes" />. On Windows 2003 it is not >> propagated to Command Prompt windows that are opened in the same session. >> (This happens with both 3.0.4805 and 3.0.5271.) The variable shows up the >> control panel (and the registry), so it has been set properly. The kicker is >> that with the old InstallShield installer, the variable IS propagated to the >> child windows. Does anyone have any insights or suggestions? What is >> InstallShield doing that MSI isn't? We really don't want to have to prompt >> the user to reboot. I tried adding a custom action that broadcasts a >> WM_SETTINGCHANGE message, but I assume the installer does that already. >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial >> Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited >> royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing >> server and web deployment. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
