[wix-users] Defining Directories{

[John Cooper]

Remove the "HomeDrive".  TARGETDIR effectively performs that function.

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John Merryweather Cooper
Senior Software Engineer | Integration Development Group | Enterprise Notification Service
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® | Lenexa, KS  66214 | Ext:  431050 |JoCooper at jackhenry.com



-----Original Message-----
From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf Of Steven Packer
Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2015 12:29 PM
To: wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org
Subject: [wix-users] Defining Directories{

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I am brand new to WiX.  I am trying to setup a path to where my payload files are but can't seem to figure it out.  

I have created a Visual Studio WiX msi Project.  This is what I am currently trying to do with the Directories.  

 

       <Fragment>

    <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">

      <Directory Id="HomeDrive">

        <Directory Id="TFS" Name="TFS">

          <Directory Id="CIM" Name="CIM">

            <Directory Id="Trunk" Name="trunk">

              <Directory Id="CIMSourceDir" Name="bin">

                <Directory Id="CIMPlugins" Name="CIMPlugins" />

                <Directory Id="CIMHelpFiles" Name="CIMHelpFiles" />

              </Directory>

            </Directory>

          </Directory>

        </Directory>

      </Directory>

      <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder">

        <Directory Id="FPSGOLD" Name="FPSGOLD">

          <Directory Id="INSTALLDIR" Name="CIM">

            <Directory Id="Plugins" Name="Plugins" />

            <Directory Id="Help" Name="Help" />

          </Directory>

        </Directory>

      </Directory>

    </Directory>

       </Fragment>

 

In the File element I am putting Source"CIMSourceDir\MyFile.dll" or "CIMPlugins\plugin.dll" or "CIMHelpFiles\help.chm"

 

I get the error The system cannot find the file 'CIMSourceDir\Myfile.dll' 

Same message for all of my files.

 

The files are currently located on my machine at C:\TFS\CIM\trunk\bin and in Plugins and Help Directories below that.  They will not always be there.

The goal will be eventually to have this run in a build server to create the msi for a product that has hundreds of dlls and help files.

 

I have created a simple msi already for a small internal program I wrote.
The WiX project is part of the Visual Studio solution and builds very nicely with that small product.

Now I am going much bigger and far more complex.

 

Thanks,

Steven

 


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