[wix-users] Where is which package cached?

[Sean Hall]

We really need to know why (and when) you want this information. It's
actually not a static location because the parent folder is configurable
through the registry. The engine tries not to cache it in multiple places,
so if the product was installed in the default location and the user
redirected it later then what would you expect it to return?

On Fri, Dec 3, 2021 at 8:39 AM Rob Mensching via wix-users <
wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org> wrote:

> I don't think the engine provides this information to the BA. Why do you
> want it?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: wix-users <wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org> On Behalf Of
> Matthias Reuss via wix-users
> Sent: Friday, December 3, 2021 2:42 AM
> To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
> Cc: Matthias Reuss <matthias.mr.reuss at wsa.com>
> Subject: [wix-users] Where is which package cached?
>
> Hi there,
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> During Burn execution, is there a chance for CustomBA to find out where
> which package is cached?
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> I understand that the Burn variable WixBundleExecutePackageCacheFolder,
> which is meant to point to that location at least during execution of a
> given package, is not available to the CustomBA - there is already a bug
> report for this. I cannot find any hint in the
> BootstrapperApplicationData.xml either.
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> But the Burn engine must somehow determine where to cache the packages and
> later access that cache location for maintenance.
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> Best regards
>
> Matthias Reuss
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