Brian, Why are you using a Property to set another Property? Why not just use [%MY_ENV_VAR] where you would use [MY_ENV_PROPERTY]?
Bruce, 1. You can refer to the install location of a file in your MSI using the [!FileId] syntax. 2. Under ProgramFilesFolder is where you should install your applications files. Under CommonFilesFolder is where you should install files that are shared across your applications. Under system32 is right out. <smile/> On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 10:51 PM, Markus Gaugusch <w...@gaugusch.at> wrote: > On Dec 15, Bruce Cran <br...@cran.org.uk> wrote: > > > I've written an installer with WiX 3.5 which installs a Winsock > > provider, netsh helper and a kernel driver. After doing some > > restructuring I started getting a warning about installing a > > non-permanant component into system32, so I'm now trying to change the > > installation location to be under %ProgramFiles%\Product . > > However, I need to create a registry entry which points to the new > > location so that netsh can find it, and it seems that netsh doesn't > > understand REG_EXPAND_SZ types. Is there a way to write a string to a > > REG_SZ type during installation which already has the > > environment variables expanded, or would I need to write a custom > > action? > > Hi Bruce, > I did this the following (hopefully correct) way: > > <InstallUISequence> > <Custom Action="GetMyEnvVar" Before="LaunchConditions"/> > </InstallUISequence> > > <CustomAction Id="SetSystemMaxRam" Property="MY_ENV_PROPERTY" > Value="[%MY_ENV_VAR]" /> > You can use [MY_ENV_PROPERTY] to write the correct registry string. > > regards, > Markus > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community > Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support > A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and > easy > Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers > http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
