I'm working on an installer (originally based on the WixUI_InstallDir set), where I have two "installation" dialogs. The first is the normal InstallDir dialog that requests where the installation is to be done. That works fine. The second is a variant of that, where I want the user to be able to enter the location of a Java installation directory, using the Browse dialog, etc. and a PathEdit control. The directory specified needs to exist, but also needs to be modifiable on a Change install. I store the entered value in the registry.
The problem I run into: * I'm setting the directory into a property JAVA_LOC, using SetTargetPath action. * The install linker fails with an error unless I declare a directory component with id JAVA_LOC, so I do that. * The first time I run the installer, the correct value for JAVA_LOC is stored. * The second time (for a Change install), I'm allowed to enter the value, then the JAVA_LOC is marked as an ignored property in the log, and the setting stored in the registry is the location of the JAVA_LOC directory that I was forced to create in the directory tree. Any idea how I can fix this so that either I don't validate the JAVA_LOC path (but still do validate the initial install dir) or don't require that I have a directory entry in the tree? (I tried using the SetProperty action, but that causes yet more problems because WixUIVAlidatePath runs.) Thanks! Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
