Create Shortcut for exe located in sub directory of INSTALLDIR and using HarvestDirectory

[pravinchalke]

I am creating MSI using Wix 4.0 command line tools.

I came across a requirement where I want to create shortcut with pointing target exe located in sub folder of INSTALLDIR.
My directory structure is as below:
INSTALLDIR -> C:\Program Files\AppCheck
Folder Structure of AppCheck

• AppSecure
  o Somefile.dll
  o Somefile4.xml
  o AppBlock
   Block.exe
• AppScan
  o Somefile2.dll
  o Somefile3.json
  o AppSet
   AppSet.exe
  I need to create shortcuts for Block.exe and AppSet.exe

I have created Apps.wsx file as below

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi">
	<Product Id="*" Name="ApplicationName" Version="1.0.0" Manufacturer="MyCompany" Language="en-US">
	
		<Package InstallerVersion="300" Compressed="yes" Manufacturer="Me" Keywords="Installer,MSI,Database" Comments="This installer database contains the logic and data required to install application" InstallPrivileges="limited"/>
		<Media Id="1" Cabinet="ApplicationName.cab" EmbedCab="yes" CompressionLevel="mszip"/>
		<Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
			
			<Directory Id="ProgramMenuFolder">
			</Directory>
		</Directory>

		<DirectoryRef Id=" ProgramMenuFolder">
			<Component Id="ApplicationShortcut" Guid="PUT-GUID-HERE">
				<Shortcut Id="AppSet" 
                  Name="AppSet"
                  Description="AppSet"
                  Target="[#appset.exe]"
                  WorkingDirectory="TARGETDIR"/>
				<Shortcut Id="Block" 
                  Name="Block"
                  Description="block"
                  Target="[#block.exe]"
                  WorkingDirectory="TARGETDIR"/>
		</Component>
		</DirectoryRef>

		<ItemGroup>
			<HarvestDirectory Include="C://Temp//AppCheck" KeepEmptyDirectories="true" DirectoryRefId=" TARGETDIR " HarvestDirectoryKeepEmptyDirectories="">
				
			</HarvestDirectory>
		</ItemGroup>
		
	</Product>
</Wix>

When I am creating msi shortcut getting created with TARGETDIR/INSTALLDIR as working directory instead of subfolder name appscan and appsecure.
Is any option or approach available in Wix 4 to use directory path of subfolder in working directory attribute of shortcut?

Thank you in advance!!!

[robmen]

Using heat (aka: the HarvestDirectory in your .wixproj) can be tedious. I covered this topic in the Deployment Dojo episode 52. Then, in episode 53, I showed how better tools make things much easier.