Software Deployment

Am I correct in believing that if you put a Property as a substring within a Property, it should resolve to the full string? I cannot seem to get it to work.

I have 2 properties:
DomainDNSName = sample.local
ADMINCONSOLEDBLOCATION = \\[DomainDNSName]\dfs\MobilitiDB

and a registry key:
HKCU\Software\test\AdminConsoleDBLocation = [ADMINCONSOLEDBLOCATION]

I want [ADMINCONSOLEDBLOCATION] to resolve to \\sample.local\dfs\MobilitiDB at installation time. Instead of \\sample.local\dfs\MobilitiDB I am getting the literal string \\[DomainDNSName]\dfs\MobilitiDB in the registry value. As part of my troubleshooting, I have simplified it down to ADMINCONSOLEDBLOCATION = [DomainDNSName], but I still get the literal string [DomainDNSName]. I tried changing DomainDNSName to DOMAINDNSNAME, but I still get the literal string.

According to http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368609(VS.85).aspx (Formatted data type):
"If a substring of the form [propertyname] is encountered, it is replaced by the value of the property. If propertyname is not a valid property name, then the substring resolves as blank."
and on http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370745(VS.85).aspx (Path data type):
"The string may also contain a property name enclosed in square brackets [ ]. In such a case, the name of the property, including the brackets, is replaced in the string by the value of the property.
Examples:

• UNC path: \\server\share
  
• Local drive: c:\temp
  
• With a property name: [DRIVE]\temp

..."

Although the above quotes are not specifically talking about properties within properties, everything else indicates that it should work.

I am using Wise Package Studio 5.6.