Thanks, Blair, Very clear explanation. Build machine is US with regular "C:\Program Files" of course
The question closed Adrei > Generally speaking, $(env.ProgramFiles) captures the value of the > environment variable %ProgramFiles% on the BUILD machine, and > [ProgramFilesFolder] provides the 32-bit Program Files folder on the > INSTALLING machine (runtime, so to speak). The two variables really have > nothing to do with each other since they relate to different machines and > are evaluated at different times. > > Here's the rule: If the value of a path will be evaluated as part of the > build (such as: in the Source* attribute of some element) use WiX's > $(type.name) [or even !(type.name)] syntax. If the value of a path must be > evaluated at runtime (since "common" paths such as Program Files varies with > localized OSs and other customizations) use Windows Installer's > [PropertyOrDirectoryName] syntax. > > Did you really get "C:\Program Files" on a German WinXP build machine that > you ran the candle.exe tool on? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrei Korostelev [mailto:roknap...@mail.ru] > Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 10:54 AM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] $(env.ProgramFiles) is set incorrectly on non-US WinXP? > > I bumped into the following problem on WinXP German. > > The Windows environment variable %ProgramFiles% correctly points to > "C:\Programme" (checked using "set" command). However wix expands > $(env.ProgramFiles) as "C:\Program Files" i.o. "C:\Programme" > > Replacing $(env.ProgramFiles) with [ProgramFilesFolder] fixes the issue, > but I am wondering about the problem roots. Do I miss something? > > The issue is reproducible on wix-2.0.5805 and wix-3.0.5419.0, WinXP SP1 > and SP3 German (32-bit). > > Regards, > Andrei > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > Centralized Desktop Delivery: Dell and VMware Reference Architecture > Simplifying enterprise desktop deployment and management using > Dell EqualLogic storage and VMware View: A highly scalable, end-to-end > client virtualization framework. Read more! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/dell-eql-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Centralized Desktop Delivery: Dell and VMware Reference Architecture > Simplifying enterprise desktop deployment and management using > Dell EqualLogic storage and VMware View: A highly scalable, end-to-end > client virtualization framework. Read more! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/dell-eql-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Centralized Desktop Delivery: Dell and VMware Reference Architecture Simplifying enterprise desktop deployment and management using Dell EqualLogic storage and VMware View: A highly scalable, end-to-end client virtualization framework. Read more! http://p.sf.net/sfu/dell-eql-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
