You need to format the string.

On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 6:18 AM, Veli-Matti Visuri <
veli-matti.vis...@futuremark.com> wrote:

> Hi, I've been working on a bootstrapper with a customized UI and I cannot
> figure out a way on how to "translate" the burn built-in variables from the
> engine to the UI.
>
> You can see the list of the variables here:
> http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/bundle_built_in_variables.htm
>
>
> I'll try to explain the situation here:
> (Before you make remarks, note that this isn't the actual code I'm using)
>
>
> 1. I have a variable defined in the Bundle.wxs like:
> <Variable Name="FooVariable" Type="string" Value="[DesktopFolder]\Foo\Bar"
> bal:Overridable="yes"/>
>
>
> 2. I read the variable in the C# customized UI from the engine in the UI
> like this:
> String fooString = Bootstrapper.Engine.StringVariables["FooVariable"];
>
>
> 3. Then I show the install path variable, let's say in a message box
> MessageBox.Show(fooString);
>
>
> 4. The messagebox says:
> [DesktopFolder]\Foo\Bar
>
> But I wish it showed:
> C:\Users\Example\Desktop\Foo\Bar
>
>
> To put it verbally, I would like to make the UI not to say the name of the
> burn built-in variable, but the actual path to the e.g. desktop folder.
>
> Is there any possible way I could do this? Is there any workaround? I
> would't like to programmatically fetch these folders in the UI.
>
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