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‎Mar 31, 2010
06:42 PM
INSTALLDIR changes?
We've got files that need to go into [INSTALLDIR]Bin and [INSTALLDIR]Tools. However, the files destined for Tools are actually ending up in [INSTALLDIR]Bin\Tools. All of our other files are ending up in the correct location, just not the ones that belong in [INSTALLDIR]Tools. How can this happen?
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‎Apr 01, 2010
06:32 PM
When I look at the compiled MSI's "Files and Folders" view, everything looks in order, as well. I've added some more components to the project and now there's also [INSTALLDIR]Help. The resulting install looks like:
[INSTALLDIR]Bin\Help\Tools
Each successive directory is being nested inside the previous one instead of beside it. Very baffling behavior!
[INSTALLDIR]Bin\Help\Tools
Each successive directory is being nested inside the previous one instead of beside it. Very baffling behavior!
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‎Apr 01, 2010
06:35 PM
Also, all the shortcut references are following the files so the shortcuts to the Tools files actually work but the files are in the wrong directory.
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‎Apr 02, 2010
05:51 PM
Does no one know why files destined for directories beneath INSTALLDIR would nest inside each other instead of next to each other?
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‎Apr 07, 2010
01:11 PM
To test a theory of whether this was a project issue or a global issue I create a brand new InstallScript MSI project. I assigned basic properties INSTALLDIR and a couple other settings. I have finally tracked down the setting that is causing my directories to become nested. If the "InstallScript User Interface Type" is set to "New Style" the directories become nested. Changing it to "Traditional Style" fixes the nesting problem and the directories become siblings, as expected.
Anyone familiar with the internals of these two have any further information about why this setting would cause siblings directories to become nested?
Anyone familiar with the internals of these two have any further information about why this setting would cause siblings directories to become nested?