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Is there a way to get an environment variable into a WiX property?
I’m trying to get the USERPROFILE with:
Property Id="UserFolder" Value="$(env.USERPROFILE)\EdwardsApp\MyFolder"
But this only picks up the USERPROFILE of the build machine where the installer is built.
I want it to use the USERPROFILE of the machine where the app is being installed.
You can make use of Environment variables during installation but this requires using a custom action. You will need to set the
UserFolderproperty with aType 51 Custom Actionas opposed to setting the property during the build. The [%ENVVARNAME] format is used to make use of an environment variable, but the name of the environment variable is case-sensitive.A WiX example of a custom action that sets a property:
You can read more on Custom Actions in WiX here:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/alexshev/archive/2008/02/21/from-msi-to-wix-part-5-custom-actions.aspx