Hi Rob, I looked at the Directory table of the resulting MSI with SuperOrca and MergeRedirectFolder's Directory_Parent = "myProd".
The problem was the sample I sent you did not replicate a bug that I had in the real merge module. I prematurely closed a directory. But now that we are on the topic, could you please look at: http://odd-staff.blogspot.com/2010/05/wix-meaning-of-mergeredirectfolder.html and comment on the need for MergeRedirectFolder? The example given in the WiX documentation http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix2/authoring_merge_modules.htm does not relate to MergeRedirectFolder. Is MergeRedirectFolder no longer relevant? Thank you. On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 7:28 PM, Rob Mensching <r...@robmensching.com> wrote: > It should work. Did you look at the Directory table in the resulting MSI in > Orca and see that the MergeRedirectFolder did not have "myProd" as it's > parent? > > On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 7:39 AM, Tzvi Tafet <tta...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I am trying to write a Wix 3.0 merge module that an .msi can put >> wherever it wants. I would like a directory structure like this: >> >> c:\Program Files\myCompany\myProd >> >> What is happening is that all of the files in the merge module are >> written to c:\. >> >> Here is the merge module: >> >> <Module Id="myMM" Language="1033" Version="1.0.0.0"> >> <Package Id="xxx" Manufacturer="yyy" InstallerVersion="200" /> >> <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> >> <Directory Id="MergeRedirectFolder" FileSource="."/> >> <Component Id="myC" Guid="zzz"> >> <File Id="myFile" Name="myFile.dll" Source="myFile.dll"/> >> </Component> >> </Directory> >> </Directory> >> </Module> >> >> and here is the .msi: >> >> <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> >> <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder"> >> <Directory Id="myCompany" Name="myCompany"> >> <Directory Id="myProd" Name="myProd"> >> <Merge Id="myMM" Language="1033" SourceFile="myMM.msm" >> DiskId="1"></Merge> >> </Directory> >> </Directory> >> </Directory> >> </Directory> >> <Feature Id="myFeat" Title="myFeat" Level="1"> >> <MergeRef Id="myMM"/> >> </Feature> >> </Product> >> >> Why doesn't the merge module assume the directory structure of the .msi? >> Is "MergeRedirectFolder" still relevant in Wix 3.0? >> If you answer this post, can you please mention the reference you used >> so that I can try to be more independent? >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate >> GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the >> lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo >> _______________________________________________ >> WiX-users mailing list >> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users >> >> > > > -- > virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate > GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the > lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
