Check the spelling INSTALLLOCATION in the value attribute
On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Viv coco <vcotirl...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I want to save the path where my binaries are installed somewhere in the > registry so I'm doing: > > > > [code] > <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> > <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder"> > <Directory Id="MyFirstSetup" Name="MyFirstSetup"> > <Directory Id="INSTALLLOCATION" Name="MyFirstSetup1.0"> > > <Component Id="MyExe" > Guid="9660051E-43CA-4459-AEF1-290BBE3DE544"> > <File Id="MyMainExe" Name="MyApp.exe" > Source="..\MyApp\Debug\MyApp.exe" DiskId="1" KeyPath="yes"/> > </Component> > > <!-- Create also a registry entry with the INSTALLLOCATION. For > now it's getting in the registry as an empty value, probably b/c when this > is done INSTALLLOCATION was not yet evaluated to it's final value--> > <Component Id="MyRegistryComponent" > Guid="7B2F2C2A-9BF3-4D67-BBD6-9C58FFCFB5A1"> > <RegistryKey Id="MySetupRegKey" Root="HKLM" > Key="Software\MySetup" Action="createAndRemoveOnUninstall"> > <RegistryValue Id="MySetupRegValue" Type="string" > Name="InstallDir" Value="[INSTALLOCATION]"/> > </RegistryKey> > </Component> > > </Directory> > </Directory> > </Directory> > [/code] > > > > but the string in the registry is empty. How can I do so that in the > registry I get the INSTALLLOCATION? What am I doing wrong in the above > sample? > > > > TIA, > Viv > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. > https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs > proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. > See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > -- Best Regards. Ricky ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
