We had this problem too. My fix was to put a backslash before the ending double quote. I think it has something to do with the backslash at the end of the property since it is a path property.
i.e. ....ExeCommand="[MYDIR1]\""[MYDIR2]\" ... On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 4:39 PM, Kevin MacDonald <kevinmacdon...@gmail.com>wrote: > I seem to have hit a bug with quotes in CustomAction. Note the variations > below. > > <CustomAction Id='MyCustomAction' FileKey='someExe' > ExeCommand='"[MYDIR1]" "[MYDIR2]"' Return='asyncNoWait' /> > <CustomAction Id='MyCustomAction' FileKey='someExe' > ExeCommand='"[MYDIR1]" "[MYDIR2]"' Return='asyncNoWait' > /> > > Either of these should work. However, when the command line parameters are > expanded out the [MYDIR2] path winds up with no quote in front of it, which > presumably causes the call to the executable to fail. I am seeing this via > the logging system of the executable. I suppose there's a chance that it's > not telling me the right thing, but that's the only logging I have to go on > because when I run the MSI with verbose logging it inextricably does not > show me what's being called or the command line parameters. You'd think > that > was a pretty basic thing to log. So, after two days on this I am left > blind, > and blocked from making progress. Perhaps I'll give up and fork out the > $2000 for InstallShield. Yuck. > > Any tips on how to get along more nicely with Wix are most appreciated. > > Thanks > > Kevin > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Achieve unprecedented app performance and reliability > What every C/C++ and Fortran developer should know. > Learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools > to help boost performance applications - inlcuding clusters. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > -- Tyler Walters ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Achieve unprecedented app performance and reliability What every C/C++ and Fortran developer should know. Learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools to help boost performance applications - inlcuding clusters. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
