figured it out... saw a build warning about a property I created with another property as part of the path, you have to create a custom action to do that:
<CustomAction Id="CA_SetProperty_DIRECTORY_PATH_SERVER" Property="DIRECTORY_PATH_SERVER" Value="$(env.SystemDrive)\inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\[WEB_SITE_PORT]"/> <InstallExecuteSequence> <Custom Action="CA_SetProperty_DIRECTORY_PATH_SERVER" Before="CostFinalize">NOT Installed</Custom> Sigh it pays to look at warnings... -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Installing-to-inetpub-wwwroot-tp7581451p7581516.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_sfd2d_oct _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users