(why do people always jump to assuming it's a bug first? <smile/>) Your Property and IniFileSearch are in a Fragment that is never referenced. You need to reference the content in there. Give the example, I would add a PropertyRef under the Product element somewhere to the Property for the IniFileSearch.
On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 11:10 PM, Anthony Kirwan < anthony.kir...@lynxit.com.au> wrote: > Hi Wix users, > > > > I don't know if the behaviour I am about to describe is a bug or by > design. Any guidance would be appreciated. > > > We are using heat to generate a number of fragments that are referenced > by the Wix Project\Votive (Wix build 3.6.1502). Part of the > installation requirements is for the installation paths to be alterable > by reading a file, so we are using an ini file in the Windows folder. > Heat generates a number of fragments when arriving at a final file, and > we post process this file to add a Property to be set for the location > plus an IniFileSearch element. While I know that there are a couple of > workarounds for the problem (stated below), I don't understand why what > we had does not work. > > > > > > What we had: > > Project .wxs > > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > > <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> > > <Product Id="6b599ac4-b816-4ef6-b995-2fe3d3764c64" > Name="TestPropertyInFragmentBug" Language="1033" Version="1.0.0.0" > Manufacturer="TestPropertyInFragmentBug" > UpgradeCode="a2f4e38d-6ae6-47d3-822f-e0aa5a03cd1d"> > > <Package InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes" /> > > <Media Id="1" Cabinet="media1.cab" EmbedCab="yes" /> > > > > <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> > > <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder"> > > <Directory Id="INSTALLLOCATION" > Name="TestPropertyInFragmentBug"> > > <Directory Id="FRAGMENTDIR" /> > > </Directory> > > </Directory> > > </Directory> > > > > <Feature Id="ProductFeature" > Title="TestPropertyInFragmentBug" Level="1"> > > <ComponentGroupRef Id="Fragment.Group" /> > > </Feature> > > </Product> > > </Wix> > > > > > > And an automatically altered, heat generated fragment, basically: > > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > > <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> > > <Fragment> > > <DirectoryRef Id="FRAGMENTDIR" /> > > <Property Id="FRAGMENTDIR" > > > <IniFileSearch Id="FragmentDir.Property.Ini" Key="FragmentDir" > Name="Fragment.ini" Section="Dirs" Type="raw" /> > > </Property> > > </Fragment> > > <Fragment> > > <ComponentGroup Id="Fragment.Group" > > > <Component Id="FragmentFile.Component" Directory="FRAGMENTDIR"> > > <File Id="Test.File" KeyPath="yes" Source="C:\Test.txt" /> > > </Component> > > </ComponentGroup> > > </Fragment> > > </Wix> > > > > Now this will compile and an MSI built. What happens at runtime though > is that the ini file search never happens and the directory used is > always the default. I noticed that the AppSearch table was not present > in the MSI. > > > > I have found 2 workarounds. Firstly I can put the Property element into > the same fragment as the component group. The AppSearch table is part > of the MSI & things work. > > Alternatively, I can leave the two fragments, and alter the DirectoryRef > element, adding a child Directory element, such as: > > <Directory Id="FragmentDir.Property" /> > > > > And then change the Directory attribute of the file's component to be > FragmentDir.Property. Then the MSI will have the AppSearch table and > the location of the file will be changed. > > > > <ComponentGroup Id="Fragment.Group" > > > <Component Id="FragmentFile.Component" > Directory="FragmentDir.Property"> > > <File Id="Test.File" KeyPath="yes" Source="C:\Test.txt" /> > > </Component> > > </ComponentGroup> > > > > Is this a bug? > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Create and publish websites with WebMatrix > Use the most popular FREE web apps or write code yourself; > WebMatrix provides all the features you need to develop and > publish your website. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-webmatrix-sf > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Create and publish websites with WebMatrix Use the most popular FREE web apps or write code yourself; WebMatrix provides all the features you need to develop and publish your website. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-webmatrix-sf _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
