Thanks for your reply! I try it and I get an error:
error LGHT0204 : ICE03: Invalid format string; Table: ControlEvent, Column: Argument, Key(s): ExitDialog.Finish.[WixShellExecTarget].[\[#a.exe\]].1 Thanks! 2010/12/27 Sean Farrow <sean.far...@seanfarrow.co.uk> > Hi: > You should be able to get around this by escaping the brackets i.e: > <Publish Dialog="ExitDialog" Control="Finish" Property="WixShellExecTarget" > Value="[\[#a.exe\]]" Order="1">1</Publish> > Hth. > Sean. > > -----Original Message----- > From: lxy.su...@gmail.com [mailto:lxy.su...@gmail.com] > Sent: 27 December 2010 02:57 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: [WiX-users] [Wix-users] Square brackets issue in localfile URL > > Hi Wix-users: > > I am struggling in an issue that I try to launch the installed application > but if the application name contains "[]", for example "[a].exe" the > executable file cannot be launched when I use the custom action. > If the application doesn't contains "[]", it's OK. > > > Some samples are as follows: > > MyAppName=..\App\[a].exe > > [code] > <Fragment> > <DirectoryRef Id="INSTALLDIR"> > <Component Id="a.exe" Guid="{aae5bb70-9a9b-43bc-b2ed-155912b5e4f6}"> > <File Id="a.exe" KeyPath="yes" > Source="$(var.MyDir)\$(var.MyAppName)" /> > </Component> > </DirectoryRef> > </Fragment> > [/code] > > [code] > ... > <CustomAction Id="LaunchApplication" BinaryKey="WixCA" > DllEntry="WixShellExec" Impersonate="yes" /> > ... > <Publish Dialog="ExitDialog" Control="Finish" Property="WixShellExecTarget" > Value="[#a.exe]" Order="1">1</Publish> > <Publish Dialog="ExitDialog" Control="Finish" Event="DoAction" > Value="LaunchApplication" Order="2">WIXUI_EXITDIALOGOPTIONALCHECKBOX = 1 > and > NOT Installed</Publish> > > Thanks a lot! > .... > [/code] > > -- > 天行健，君子以自强不息 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Learn how Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) One Node allows customers > to consolidate database storage, standardize their database environment, > and, > should the need arise, upgrade to a full multi-node Oracle RAC database > without downtime or disruption > http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Learn how Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) One Node allows customers > to consolidate database storage, standardize their database environment, > and, > should the need arise, upgrade to a full multi-node Oracle RAC database > without downtime or disruption > http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > -- 天行健，君子以自强不息 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn how Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) One Node allows customers to consolidate database storage, standardize their database environment, and, should the need arise, upgrade to a full multi-node Oracle RAC database without downtime or disruption http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
