command line arguments for custom action

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Paul - 11 Jan 2005 19:19 GMT

I want to call a .exe file from a custom action passing it command line
arguments. I would like to tell the .exe file the insall location which I
think would be TargetDir. Can I use the TargetDir property as a command line
argument for the custom action and if so what is the proper syntax?

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Paul - 12 Jan 2005 01:33 GMT

I should have mentioned that this is in a deployment project of visual studio
2003

> I want to call a .exe file from a custom action passing it command line
> arguments. I would like to tell the .exe file the insall location which I
> think would be TargetDir. Can I use the TargetDir property as a command line
> argument for the custom action and if so what is the proper syntax?

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Phil Wilson - 12 Jan 2005 15:20 GMT

If you look at the properties of the custom action (select it, F4) you can
put [TARGETDIR] in the Arguments property. It's case-sensitive - using
TargetDir will fail.

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>I want to call a .exe file from a custom action passing it command line
> arguments. I would like to tell the .exe file the insall location which I
> think would be TargetDir. Can I use the TargetDir property as a command
> line
> argument for the custom action and if so what is the proper syntax?

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