Found an answer for this, sending it here in case it can be helpful to someone.
I am using a directory that picks its path from a property I define early in
the installation. Code snippet below.
<SetProperty Id="UPLOADED_FILES_FOLDER"
Value="\\[ASSET_SERVER_MACHINE_NAME]\UploadedFiles" Before="AppSearch"/>
...
<Directory Id="UPLOADED_FILES_FOLDER" Name="."/>
...
<DirectoryRef Id="UPLOADED_FILES_FOLDER">
<Component Id="EktronUploadedFilesComponent"
Guid="D9481ABE-710D-4171-B459-E71F1615B636" Win64="yes">
<Condition ><![CDATA[ASSET_SERVER_MACHINE_NAME ~<> ""]]></Condition>
<iis:WebVirtualDir Id="UploadedFilesVirDir"
DirProperties="EktronWebProperties" Directory="UPLOADED_FILES_FOLDER"
Alias="UploadedFiles" WebSite="EktronWebSite"></iis:WebVirtualDir>
</Component>
</DirectoryRef>
Thanks,
Johanna
-----Original Message-----
From: Blair [mailto:os...@live.com]
Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 12:34 PM
To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.'
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Creating virtual directories to UNC shares
The FileSource attribute to the Directory element provides a hint to the
toolset where to find the files that you place in components that are installed
to that directory. Its value is not preserved in the MSI anywhere and thus is
only available at build time, not at runtime.
The directory tree doesn't automatically have any directories using UNC shares
unless one of the pre-defined directories was somehow configured to use a UNC
share. If you need your web site to use a UNC share instead of an install-local
path, you need to set the directory's value to that path yourself at an
appropriate place in your installation sequence.
-----Original Message-----
From: Johanna Hawkins (ORTIZ) [mailto:johan...@microsoft.com]
Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 9:20 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Creating virtual directories to UNC shares
I need to create a virtual directory within my application that points to a
UNC share in another machine. Is this supported or should I use a custom
action for this?
I tried this but it didn't work, the virtual directory got created to the
local path, not the UNC share:
<DirectoryRef Id="WEBROOTDIR">
<Directory Id="EKTRONWEB_FOLDER" Name="Ektron Web">
<Directory Id="UPLOADEDFILES_FOLDER" Name="UploadedFiles"
FileSource="\\[ASSET_SERVER_MACHINE_NAME]\UploadedFiles<file:///\\[ASSET_SER
VER_MACHINE_NAME]\UploadedFiles>"></Directory>
<Directory Id="UPLOADEDIMAGES_FOLDER" Name="UploadedImages"
FileSource="\\[ASSET_SERVER_MACHINE_NAME]\UploadedImages<file:///\\[ASSET_SE
RVER_MACHINE_NAME]\UploadedImages>"></Directory>
</Directory>
</DirectoryRef>
<iis:WebDirProperties Id="EktronWebProperties" Read="yes" Execute="yes"
AnonymousAccess="yes" />
<DirectoryRef Id="EKTRONWEB_FOLDER">
<Component Id="EktronWebComponent"
Guid="6035E5D1-5C57-4137-9591-422E47CD78EA" Win64="yes">
<iis:WebSite Id="EktronWebSite" Description="Ektron Web Site"
Directory="EKTRONWEB_FOLDER" ConfigureIfExists="yes">
<iis:WebAddress Id="EktronWebSiteAddress" Port="[EKTRONWEB_PORT]"
/>
<iis:WebVirtualDir Id="UploadedFilesVirDir"
DirProperties="EktronWebProperties" Directory="UPLOADEDFILES_FOLDER"
Alias="UploadedFiles"></iis:WebVirtualDir>
<iis:WebVirtualDir Id="UploadedImagesVirDir"
DirProperties="EktronWebProperties" Directory="UPLOADEDIMAGES_FOLDER"
Alias="UploadedImages"></iis:WebVirtualDir>
</iis:WebSite>
</Component>
</DirectoryRef>
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