Windows Installer: Registry path + Fixed path

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Hi all,

I have writen plugin for another application and I need to install this
component in a directory where the application is installed.
I am using the basic Windows Installer.
I read the value from a registry to get the proper directory. The problem is
that I need it to input in that way in the given directory:

APPLICATION_PATH \ ANOTHER_DIR

So I created Custom Folder in an installer. I've set the Default Location
property to the: [RegistryPath][Another_Dir]
So this should work perfect. Unfortunately there is a property named
Property, that can override the Default Location.
In MSDN I found that if I left it empty, then it will never override it
(that's the way I want it) , but when I leave it empty, the compiler states:

Invalid property " for folder 'AnotherDir'

How do I get rid of this error?
Is there any other solution, maybe?
If something is unclear let me know.

Thanks for all the help.
 
Tricky with VS-generated setup projects:
1. Use ChangeServiceConfig2 (Win32) on your Service.
2. Install it with a tool that uses the normal Windows Installer way of
installing Services (the ServiceInstall table). VS installs Services by
running Installer class custom action code - all the other tools I've ever
seen just let you describe the Service in an IDE and have Windows Installer
do it, including that description you're looking for.
 
Well ignore that reply, it was intended somewhere else - more coffee
please.......

These property names are case-sensitive, and VS requires them to be
upper-case (internally public in the installation process). So if you've
done a registry search and set a property REGISTRYPATH, you need
REGISTRYPATH in your custom folder's property value. It's not unfortunate
that there's a Property value - that's where you put REGISTRYPATH to
override the default.
--
Phil Wilson
[Microsoft MVP-Windows Installer]
Definitive Guide to Windows Installer
http://apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=280

MW said:
Hi all,

I have writen plugin for another application and I need to install this
component in a directory where the application is installed.
I am using the basic Windows Installer.
I read the value from a registry to get the proper directory. The problem
is
that I need it to input in that way in the given directory:

APPLICATION_PATH \ ANOTHER_DIR

So I created Custom Folder in an installer. I've set the Default Location
property to the: [RegistryPath][Another_Dir]
So this should work perfect. Unfortunately there is a property named
Property, that can override the Default Location.
In MSDN I found that if I left it empty, then it will never override it
(that's the way I want it) , but when I leave it empty, the compiler
states:

Invalid property " for folder 'AnotherDir'

How do I get rid of this error?
Is there any other solution, maybe?
If something is unclear let me know.

Thanks for all the help.
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