Hi!
I'm trying to install a local printer during a Basic MSI Setup. I have written some C++ Code doing this for me and this code will be called during setup through a Custom Action.
Before I can call this code I need to copy the printer drivers to the System's printer driver directory (usually 'c:\Windows\System32\spool\drivers\w32x86'). The actual printer driver directory can be detected with the GetPrinterDriverDirectory() call.
Now is the question, how can I set the destination directory of the components containing my printer driver files to the directory pointed by GetPrinterDriverDirectory()?
I tried to write a Msi-DLL, which sets me a property with MsiSetProperty() and afterwards a second CA changes the Custom Path of the components to the dir pointed by the property.
Sample:
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Need Help: How to set Component's Destination Dir
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Marsyas
, May 28 2008 12:56
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Marsyas
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Posted 28 May 2008 - 12:56
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UINT __stdcall SetPrnDriverDirProp2(MSIHANDLE hMsi) { TCHAR szPrinterDriverDir[MAX_PATH]; DWORD cbPrinterDriverDir = sizeof(szPrinterDriverDir); ZeroMemory(&szPrinterDriverDir, cbPrinterDriverDir); if (!GetPrinterDriverDirectory(NULL, NULL, 1, (LPBYTE)szPrinterDriverDir, MAX_PATH, &cbPrinterDriverDir)) { /* some error handling */ } TCHAR szTmp[MAX_PATH] = {0}; DWORD nLen = MAX_PATH; ZeroMemory(szTmp, MAX_PATH); UINT nRet1 = MsiGetProperty(hMsi, _T("SYSPRINTERDIRPROP"), szTmp, &nLen); UINT nRet2 = MsiSetProperty(hMsi, _T("SYSPRINTERDIRPROP"), szPrinterDriverDir); return ERROR_SUCCESS; } |
For some reason I'm not able to find out I always get a ERROR_INVALID_HANDLE as return code in nRet2. This makes no sense to me, because MsiGetProperty works fine, so the handle cannot be invalid :confused:.
Any suggestions?
Is there a more convenient way to set the target dir of the printer driver files?
Thank for your help
Marsyas
m.nouryan
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Posted 28 May 2008 - 20:46
I have not changed the target directory of a component with this method BUT I use MsiSetProperty(ISMSI_HANDLE,...,...) in a custom action and it works for me.
Have you tried doing your stuff in a custom action instead of a DLL?
-Morteza
Have you tried doing your stuff in a custom action instead of a DLL?
-Morteza