Given that you know the filename already when you create your wxs file, why not just replace "[#fileABCClass]" with "ABC.class" in your wxs file rather than trying to look it up later on?
If you want to avoid typing the filename all over the place you could use the preprocessor to set it once. <$define Filename=ABC.class ?> and then use it later on as $(var.Filename). -----Original Message----- From: Alain Forget [mailto:afor...@cmu.edu] Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 4:08 PM To: 'Rob Mensching'; 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Referencing filenames (without full path) anddirectories in formatted strings That's what I thought. It's too bad that we can't somehow parse out just the filename from the full path (maybe with some regex?), but I guess it's a pretty uncommon request that can be bypassed by just setting the file name to a Property, and referring to that. -----Original Message----- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: April 10, 2013 18:28 To: afor...@cmu.edu; General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Referencing filenames (without full path) anddirectories in formatted strings Oh, sorry, misread question. The answer is there is no way to do that. You already know the file's name so there isn't a way to look it up at runtime. On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 2:51 PM, Alain Forget <afor...@cmu.edu> wrote: Yes, that I know, but I *don't* want the directory. I only want the file's name. For example, say some File element installs a file to C:/My/Path/To/File.exe, I'd like some formatted string type thing to return just "File.exe". -----Original Message----- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: April 10, 2013 17:27 To: afor...@cmu.edu; General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Cc: David Watson Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Referencing filenames (without full path) anddirectories in formatted strings You can use [#ComponentId] to get the directory of the Component containing the file. It's all laid out here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa368609(v=vs.85).aspx On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 11:19 AM, Alain Forget <afor...@cmu.edu> wrote: Yep, confirmed about directories being properties. Thanks...I should have noticed it in my installer logs as well. Duh. I no longer need to get just a filename without its full path, but in case I or someone else wants to do this in the future, how could it be done? -----Original Message----- From: David Watson [mailto:dwat...@sdl.com] Sent: April 10, 2013 12:55 To: afor...@cmu.edu; General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Referencing filenames (without full path) anddirectories in formatted strings Indeed, directories are properties. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/robmen/archive/2006/10/17/deciphering-the-msi-directo ry-table-part-7-directories-are-properties.aspx <http://blogs.msdn.com/b/robmen/archive/2006/10/17/deciphering-the-msi-directo ry-table-part-7-directories-are-properties.aspx> -----Original Message----- From: Alain Forget [mailto:afor...@cmu.edu] Sent: 10 April 2013 16:02 To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Referencing filenames (without full path) anddirectories in formatted strings Thanks for the reply. I thought the syntax "[dirA]" was only for properties. Does the Directory element also count as (or create) a property? -----Original Message----- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: April 10, 2013 10:38 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Referencing filenames (without full path) and directories in formatted strings What about "[dirA]". The "[$dirA]" would be trying to get the directory of a Component matching that Id, right? On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 4:00 PM, Alain Forget <afor...@cmu.edu> wrote: > Hi all, > > Say we have the following structure: > > <Directory Id="dirA" Name="A"> > <Directory Id="dirB" Name="B"> > <Directory Id="dirC" Name="C"> > <Component Id='compABCClass' Guid='MyGuid'> <File Id="fileABCClass" > Name="ABC.class" DiskId='1' > Source="source/path/to/ABC.class" KeyPath='yes' /> </Component> > </Directory> </Directory> </Directory> > > Then later on in the .wxs file, in Custom Actions, I want to refer to > the above file and directory A like so: > > <!-- Silently run the Java ABC.class file (see > http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/qtexec.htm ) --> <CustomAction > Id="Set_cmdRunABC" Property="cmdRunABC " > Value=""java" -cp [$dirA] "[#fileABCClass]" /> > <CustomAction Id=" cmdRunABC" Execute="deferred" BinaryKey="WixCA" > DllEntry="CAQuietExec" Return="check" Impersonate="no" /> > > The problem lies with [$dirA] and [#fileABCClass]: > > 1) How can I specifically refer to an install directory location path > (to replace the "[$dirA]"), where no components are being installed in > that directory (but only in subdirectories, that have libraries and > stuff that ABC.class needs)? > 2) How do I get a file's name *without* the full path (as is returned > by "[#fileABCClass]")? > > Thanks, and let me know if anything here isn't clear. > > Alain > > *************************************** > Alain Forget, Ph.D. > Postdoctoral Researcher > CyLab, Carnegie Mellon University > afor...@cmu.edu > http://cups.cs.cmu.edu/~aforget/ > *************************************** > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- Minimize network downtime and maximize team effectiveness. > Reduce network management and security costs.Learn how to hire the > most talented Cisco Certified professionals. 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