Normally the INSTALLDIR passed to a mergemodule is where the package author wants the merge module's content to be. Your requirement seems to indicate that you are not allowed to communicate to the package author what directory they are supposed to supply to you when performing the merge.
If you truly cannot "fix" this via documentation then you will need some sort of custom action that can take a property who's value represents a path and return the parent directory (ending in a back-slash), which you will declare as the parent of the directory where you really will install your content. -----Original Message----- From: Hoang Le [mailto:hoangle2...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 12:11 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Modify INSTALLDIR using custom action? Thanks Alex, I learnt from your blog that CA Type 35 scheduled after CostFinalize can be used to set MYDIR. However, the issue is that [INSTALLDIR] passed in by the parent project could be anywhere (user input), so I don't know it in advance. So it comes back to the question how I can walk up to the parent directory and create my directory structure from there. Here what I have: --------------------------------------------Place holder for MYDIR ------------------------------------------------------------------- <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> <Directory Id="INSTALLDIR" /> <Directory Id="MYDIR" Name="." /> </Directory> and the CA is: ----------------------------------------------Custom Action ----------------------------------------------------------------- <CustomAction Id="SetMyDirPath" Directory="MYDIR" Value="[INSTALLDIR]\..\My folder" /> <InstallExecuteSequence> <Custom Action="SetMyDirPath" After="CostFinalize">Not Installed</Custom> </InstallExecuteSequence> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- The compiler would complain about the ".." again, something like: Error 1324. The folder path '..' contains an invalid character. On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 3:57 PM, Alexander Shevchuk (Volt) < a-ale...@microsoft.com> wrote: > You need to use CA Type 35 scheduled after CostFinalize to set MYDIR to > whatever you want. > > Alex > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hoang Le [mailto:hoangle2...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 3:44 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Modify INSTALLDIR using custom action? > > Thanks Craig, I've tried this before and the compiler doesn't seem to like > the ".." > > My code somehow like this > > <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> > <Directory Id ="INSTALLDIR"> > <Directory Id="MYDIR" Name="[INSTALLDIR]..\MyInstallDir" /> > </Directory> > </Directory> > > Here is the error: > > ----------- error CNDL0027: The Directory/@Name attribute's value, > '[INSTALLDIR]..\MyInstallDir', is not a valid long name because it contains > illegal characters. Legal long names contain no more than 260 characters > and must contain at least one non-period > character. Any character except for the follow may be used: \ ? | > < : / > * > ". ---------------------------- > > > On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 3:08 PM, Craig Miller < > craig.mil...@spatialminds.com > > wrote: > > > Try "[INSTALLDIR]..\siblingdir\" > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Hoang Le [mailto:hoangle2...@gmail.com] > > > Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 3:02 PM > > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > > Subject: [WiX-users] Modify INSTALLDIR using custom action? > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > My merge module receives an INSTALLDIR value passed in by a parent > > project > > > (which I have no control over), and the requirement is that I have to > > > install my files to a directory under "the parent" of INSTALLDIR (a > > sibling > > > of INSTALLDIR). > > > > > > My initial thought was to get the value of [INSTALLDIR], locate its > > parent, > > > then create my dir structure from there. 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