Software Deployment

You need to use the WkDir field in the shortcut table. there have been other examples on appdeploy pls use the search

Thanks for this. Sorry to revive this old thread,

This is what I got so far

Shortcut Properties
TARGET LOCATION
TARGET = TRAYPORT GLOBALVISION (FIELD IS DISABLED)
START IN = P:\Trayport


I got the value changed "START IN" to what I wanted by doing as you suggested. However I also require to change the value of the shortcut "TARGET" Right now it says "TRAYPORT GLOBALVISION" and is grayed out -I need to replace this with "C:\Program Files\Trayport\Globalvision\Vision8.exe-filename P:\Trayport"

I believe the fact that the default is grayed out means that its a advertised shortcut, so I tried disabling advertised shortcuts using "DISABLEADVTSHORTCUTS=1" in the property page (using ORCA) and replacing it with a new property but this didn't work.

I am sorry to be a nag, but I have spent 3 days trying to figure this out with little progress and I am out of ideas.

Thanks very much for your help.

Sounds like you are just trying to add an argument to your shortcut?

Simply add the following in the Arguments column:

-filename P:\Trayport

Best practice is to create a property in the property table like this:

SHORTCUTARG=-filename P:\Trayport

Then in the arguments column for the Shortcut Table you do [SHORTCUTARG].

This way you can change the shortcut argument later by setting the public property (SHORTCUTARG) during the installation.

Download the greatest software in the universe to make these changes:

http://www.instedit.com/

Thanks for your reply Dreyer

I tried that it didn't work. In the SHORTCUT PROPERTIES under TARGET its still saying "TRAYPORT GLOBALVISION" (and its grayed out). The "find target" and "change icon" buttons are likewise disabled. Its as if the system is not allowing me to make ANY changes to that field.

I managed to do it once accidentally, but I used the wrong value and when I redid I couldn't recreate it.

delete the shortcut and start again using the tips people have given you!

then go and by the definitive guide to windows installer book.....

ORIGINAL: mmarsh

Thanks for your reply Dreyer

I tried that it didn't work. In the SHORTCUT PROPERTIES under TARGET its still saying "TRAYPORT GLOBALVISION" (and its grayed out). The "find target" and "change icon" buttons are likewise disabled. Its as if the system is not allowing me to make ANY changes to that field.

I managed to do it once accidentally, but I used the wrong value and when I redid I couldn't recreate it.



That's because it's an advertised shortcut. But why does it matter? The shortcut will still work as expected if everything else is setup correctly in the .msi.

If you don't want an advertised shortcut for other reasons you need to point to the file you want to launch in the Target column instead of the feature.

Perhaps you should hire a packager.

Solved!

Thanks everyone for their help. I figured it out. What I did was to convert it into a non-advertised shortcut and added the -file p:\trayport into the arguements column.

Many Thanks!

you also could use [WkDir] in the START IN = P:\Trayport instead of hard coding it. you're right, Advertised shortcuts don't have all the options to edit so good catch on that.