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.NET Forum / .NET Framework / Setup / February 2004MSI optionally creating shortcuts during installation
Hi I am using Visual Studio to create a Setup Project for a C# desktop application. I want to offer the user the option to create shortcuts on the desktop and in their programs menu rather than forcing them to be created. I know that I can use the Condition property e.g. Condition CHECKBOXA1 = 1 to conditionally install files but the Condition property does not seem to be available for shortcuts. Any help would be much appreciated. John The conditions in VS don't really apply to files. Strictly speaking they apply to MSI components, and it turns out that VS has the shortcut to a file and the file itself in the same MSI component, which is fine, except that it means you can't separate installing the shortcut from installing its target. You probably need a custom action (it can be VBScript using the WSHShell object. Article 244677 would be useful.  SignaturePhil Wilson [MVP Windows Installer] ---- > Hi > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > John Thanks for your help Phil. You've given me enough information to resolve my problem. > The conditions in VS don't really apply to files. Strictly speaking they apply > to MSI components, and it turns out that VS has the shortcut to a file and the [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > > > John An alternative is to do something along the lines of what John did to begin with. Except you should add two copies of the file to your setup project. Create a shortcut to one of the files. Set the condition for that FILE to "CHECKBOXA1 = 1", and the condition to the other file as "CHECKBOXA1 = 0" SignatureMike Wade, VB Team This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. -------------------- >From: "Phil Wilson" <phil.wilson@unisys.spamcom> >Subject: Re: MSI optionally creating shortcuts during installation [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >> >> John
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