pachwald
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.net Installer Class Action and Paths as Parameter

Hi!

I have a .net installer class action added to my project. In the custom action's action data, I added a parameter source_path and value [OriginalDatabase].

After getting some strange error messages which seem to occur when a backslash character stands at the end of a parameter (like [SourceDir]), I discovered the following:

When I start the setup from the network, the first backslash of the network name gets lost. [OriginalDatabase] becomes \Build\Setups\setup.msi instead of \\Build\\Setups\setup.msi

Any idea what happens here? Maybe a .net framework bug in System.Configuration.Install.Installer or in InstallUtil.exe?

Cheers,
Alex
gigi
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Joined: Tue Apr 11, 2006 9:55 am
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Hi Alex,

Please try to enclose the [OriginalDatabase] property into quotes. Please let me know if the problem persist and also the AIP file (or a small similar test case) will be helpful.

Best Regards,
Gigi
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