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‎Jul 17, 2013
07:00 PM
Forward slashes in [INSTALLDIR]?
Hi,
for a VSTO add-in installation on a Windows machine I need to be able to set a registry value like this:
file:///[INSTALLDIR]MyAddIn.vsto|vstolocal
The problem is that [INSTALLDIR] will use the backslash as a path separator which results in:
file:///C:\Program Files\MyAddInInstallDir\MyAddIn.vsto|vstolocal
What I really need is the forward slash (to comply with the file URI scheme):
file:///C:/Program Files/MyAddInInstallDir/MyAddIn.vsto|vstolocal
Any ideas?
Thank you.
Marcel
for a VSTO add-in installation on a Windows machine I need to be able to set a registry value like this:
file:///[INSTALLDIR]MyAddIn.vsto|vstolocal
The problem is that [INSTALLDIR] will use the backslash as a path separator which results in:
file:///C:\Program Files\MyAddInInstallDir\MyAddIn.vsto|vstolocal
What I really need is the forward slash (to comply with the file URI scheme):
file:///C:/Program Files/MyAddInInstallDir/MyAddIn.vsto|vstolocal
Any ideas?
Thank you.
Marcel
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‎Jul 18, 2013
03:40 AM
You needed to add "file:///" to the beginning of registry setting in Manifest key.
Manifest entry is now "file:///[INSTALLDIR]ADDINNAME.vsto|vstolocal".
Rebuilt setup project and reinstall addin.
It will work.
Read also this paper:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/9972f335-2d92-4674-bb82-324da39e02ae/unable-to-install-own-exceladd-in-vsto-on-office64-win64
Manifest entry is now "file:///[INSTALLDIR]ADDINNAME.vsto|vstolocal".
Rebuilt setup project and reinstall addin.
It will work.
Read also this paper:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/9972f335-2d92-4674-bb82-324da39e02ae/unable-to-install-own-exceladd-in-vsto-on-office64-win64
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‎Jul 18, 2013
04:19 AM
Thank you for your suggestion. This is the exactly what I had in my original posting, and it definitely does not work the way I need it.
After rebuilding the setup and installing the add-in the result is still (please observe the backslashes):
file:///C:\Program Files\MyAddinInstalldir\MyAddIn.vsto|vstolocal
I don't have problems with VSTO, but with getting the forward slashes I need. Any other ideas (w/o custom actions and scripting)?
After rebuilding the setup and installing the add-in the result is still (please observe the backslashes):
file:///C:\Program Files\MyAddinInstalldir\MyAddIn.vsto|vstolocal
I don't have problems with VSTO, but with getting the forward slashes I need. Any other ideas (w/o custom actions and scripting)?
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‎Jul 18, 2013
07:53 AM
I have checked our Word 2007 AddIn installation:
In the registry editor I can see as follow:
manifest REG_SZ file:///c:\AddIn\WordAddIn2007.vsto|vstolocal
It does work on all Windows OS. Perfect.
In the registry editor I can see as follow:
manifest REG_SZ file:///c:\AddIn\WordAddIn2007.vsto|vstolocal
It does work on all Windows OS. Perfect.
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‎Jul 18, 2013
08:37 AM
Thank you again for trying this out. I wouldn't be posting here if it was only for how VSTO add-in loading works.
For some intricate reason however I need to be able to use *only forward slashes* with the Manifest-value. So - once again - my problem here is strictly InstallShield related, and has very little to do with VSTO.
Say I wanted to write this entry to the registry:
file:///c:/foo/boo.txt
Now, I can't hardcode "c:/foo" because it's the user's choice at install time, neither can I use the more dynamic "[INSTALLDIR]" because this only gives me backslashes in Windows.
So how would you go about it (without scripting or custom actions)?
For some intricate reason however I need to be able to use *only forward slashes* with the Manifest-value. So - once again - my problem here is strictly InstallShield related, and has very little to do with VSTO.
Say I wanted to write this entry to the registry:
file:///c:/foo/boo.txt
Now, I can't hardcode "c:/foo" because it's the user's choice at install time, neither can I use the more dynamic "[INSTALLDIR]" because this only gives me backslashes in Windows.
So how would you go about it (without scripting or custom actions)?
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‎Jul 19, 2013
03:21 PM
Roman1 wrote:
http://community.flexerasoftware.com/showthread.php?171235-Backslash-forward-slash-in-targetdir
Given your link, I'll assume that there is no way to do what I need without scripting.
Thanks for your help anyway.
Marcel
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