Phil,
your sample code works for me as well. Off to see where mine is different...
On Mon, 2 Sep 2013 10:25:03 -0700, Phil Wilson wrote:
> My dumb search works just fine - I can't see what the issue is. This works
> for me:
>
> Sample.msi and thing.txt in the same directory.
>
> <Property Id="FILEEXISTS" Secure="yes">
> <DirectorySearch Id="CheckFileDir" Path="[SourceDir]" Depth="0"> <FileSearch
> Id="CheckFile"
> Name="thing.txt" /> </DirectorySearch> </Property>
>
> and a custom action in the execute sequence to display the value...
>
> <CustomAction Id="Msg" Script="vbscript">msgbox
> session.property("FILEEXISTS")</CustomAction>
>
> The custom action correctly shows the file path, and a log of the install
> shows:
>
> MSI (c) (28:38) [10:13:38:811]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding FILEEXISTS property.
> Its value is
> 'C:\Phil\MyDD\WiX Samples\thing.txt'.
>
>
> So it does all work. I don't think an actual example with SourceDir was ever
> posted for a sanity
> check, but this is how to do it.
>
> Phil Wilson
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 9:19 AM, Edwin Castro <0ptikgh...@gmx.us> wrote:
>
>> I searched for WiX FileSearch in same directory as MSI on google. The first
>> hit [1] I received
>> [2] includes a reply from Phil Wilson suggesting the SourceDir [3] or
>> OriginalDatabase [4]
>> (with some additional parsing) might work.
>>
>>
>> [1]
>>
>> http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/How-to-get-the-current-directory-
>> of-msi-is-running-from-td3058873.html
>> [2] I find it frustrating that different people can receive different
>> results. *sigh*
>> [3] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa371857.aspx [4]
>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-
>> us/library/aa370562.aspx
>>
>> --
>> Edwin G. Castro
>>
>> On 8/31/13 10:21 AM, Kai Peters wrote:
>>> Hi Edwin,
>>>
>>> no need to be suspicious of Depth and AssignToProperty (firstly,
>>>
>> omitting them didn't improve
>>> things, nor did I expect it to) as Depth can avoid unnecessary file
>>>
>> system traversal (don't know how
>>> deep the search would go if no Depth is specified but would assume that
>>>
>> default should be 0);
>>> AssignToProperty seems redundant to me as I would always expect the
>>>
>> innermost element of a nested
>>> search to be assigned - but I just put it in here to make things
>>>
>> absolutely clear.
>>
>>> As I wrote (though not put in my example code) BOTH absolute and
>>>
>> variable path specifications fail -
>>> I would never use absolute paths in production.
>>>
>>> The idea behind this search is simply that our customers' IT people
>>>
>> could place a configuration file
>>> template beside our MSI and that during MSI execution this template
>>>
>> would be copied into its
>>> destination. Since I cannot know from where IT will deploy our MSIs, I
>>>
>> have to figure it out on the
>>> fly...
>>>
>>> And it's still failing - son if someone has an idea for me to look at,
>>>
>> I'd appreciate it....
>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Kai
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 13:47:19 -0700, Edwin Castro wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm highly suspect of the values for the Path, Depth and AssignToProperty
>>>> attributes in
>>>> your DirectorySearch.
>>>>
>>>> The example sent by John Cooper, replicated below for convenience,
>>>>
>> didn't set
>>>> AssignToProperty="no" nor Depth="0".
>>>>
>>>> <Fragment>
>>>> <PropertyRef Id="INSTALLLOCATION" />
>>>>
>>>> <Property Id="WEB_CONFIG_PATH" Secure="yes">
>>>> <DirectorySearch Id="InstallLocationSearch" Path="[INSTALLLOCATION]">
>>>>
>> <DirectorySearch
>>>> Id="WebFolderSearch" Path="Web">
>>>> <DirectorySearch Id="ContractFolderSearch" Path="2008">
>>>>
>> <DirectorySearch Id="WebHostFolderSearch"
>>>> Path="ProductName"> <FileSearch Id="WebConfigFileSearch"
>>>>
>> Name="Web.config" /> </DirectorySearch>
>>>> </DirectorySearch> </DirectorySearch> </DirectorySearch> </Property>
>>>>
>> </Fragment>
>>
>>>>
>>>> The Path value in your example is hard coded and that seems wrong to
>>>>
>> me. Even if you can
>>>> guarantee that the MSI will ALWAYS reside at that location I believe
>>>>
>> that caching by Windows
>>>> Installer will cause problems for you.
>>>>
>>>> My vague memory tells me that others have attempted this and couldn't
>>>>
>> reliably determine where
>>>> the MSI was located in other to find a companion file located in the
>>>>
>> same directory.
>>
>>>> An obvious workaround is to provide the path to the companion file via
>>>>
>> a public property.
>>
>>>> --
>>>> Edwin G. Castro
>>>>
>>>> On 8/29/13 10:04 AM, K Peters wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I am still struggling with my FileSearch - no matter what I try, it
>>>>>
>> always pops up the "File
>>>>> does not exist next to MSI" message. I have tried using "SourceDir" as
>>>>>
>> well as the absolute
>>>>> path to where both the MSI & the inifile reside - same negative
>>>>>
>> results.
>>
>>>>> Does anyone have an idea as to where I am screwing up...? Thanks, as
>>>>> always, for any
>>>>> pointers!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> <Property Id="MASTERINIFILE_EXISTS">
>>>>> <DirectorySearch
>>>>> Id="MI_DirSearch"
>>>>> Path="C:\Wix_Installscripts\Release_3.1.3\Regular_Install\" Depth="0"
>>>>>
>> AssignToProperty="no">
>>>>> <FileSearch Id="MI_FileSearch" Name="Master.ini" /> </DirectorySearch>
>>>>>
>> </Property>
>>
>>>>> <Condition Message="File does not exist next to MSI"> <![CDATA[Installed
>>>>> and not
>>>>> MASTERINIFILE_EXISTS]]> </Condition>
>>>>>
>>>>> <Condition Message="File does exist next to MSI"> <![CDATA[Installed and
>>>>> MASTERINIFILE_EXISTS]]> </Condition>
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