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Table 18-2: Folder Properties (cont.)
Property Name Description
Chapter 18: Additional Installation Options
Working with Windows Installer Properties
SETUPEXEDIR The SETUPEXEDIR property contains the path to Setup.exe. For
example, if the path to Setup.exe is
C:\MySetups\MyApp\Setup.exe, the value of SETUPEXEDIR is
C:\MySetups\MyApp.
Note: There are two limitations to using SETUPEXEDIR:
• SETUPEXEDIR is set by Setup.exe. If the end user runs the .msi
package directly, SETUPEXEDIR is not set. To account for this, you
could have a dual implementation in your installation—one that uses
SETUPEXEDIR and one that uses SourceDir. You could test for the
existence of SETUPEXEDIR and, if it does not exist, you could
conditionally use your SourceDir implementation.
• SETUPEXEDIR might not be set at uninstallation. If the end user
triggers the uninstallation by running Setup.exe, SETUPEXEDIR is
set. If they run the uninstallation from Add or Remove Programs,
SETUPEXEDIR is not set.
Note that in an uncompressed installation, SourceDir and
SETUPEXEDIR have the same value.
SETUPEXENAME This property identifies the name of the setup launcher file that was
created when the project was built. The installation updates the value of
this property at run time if the setup launcher file was renamed. The
following path identifies the full path to this file:
[SETUPEXEDIR]\[SETUPEXENAME]
SourceDir This property stores the root directory where all the source files are
located.
Caution: If your release consists of an .msi package that is
compressed into a setup launcher and the .msi package is not cached
on the local machine, SourceDir should be referred to during
installation, but not during uninstallation or maintenance. In these
circumstances, the setup image runs from a temporary location that is
removed following installation.
SETUPEXEDIR is an alternative to the directory identifier SourceDir. A
potential problem with using SourceDir is that it points to the location
of the running .msi package. In the case of a compressed installation,
the .msi package is streamed to a temporary location and run from
there. Because of this, the value of SourceDir will be some temporary
location on the end user’s machine, which might not be the value you
want.
TARGETDIR The TARGETDIR property is the location where the Windows Installer
package is copied (and its data files uncompressed) during an
Administrative installation.
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