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The DirectoryCombo control displays a part of the path that is currently displayed in the PathEdit control. It does not show the last segment of the path, that segment is displayed by the DirectoryList control. The DirectoryCombo control displays all available drives in alphabetical order and hierarchical steps of the current path. This control is intended to be used on a browse dialog together with the PathEdit and DirectoryList controls.

Text

Text: (Note: Only used to set text style)

The font and font style to use for the DirectoryCombo text. Text styles can be managed in your project on the Styles dialog (Project > Styles). Example style:

{\UI_Font_Normal}

Property

Property name:

The name of the property to associate with this control whose value you want to set. If the Indirect checkbox is checked, this is the name of another property to set. The PathEdit, DirectoryCombo, and DirectoryList controls are associated with the same string-valued property. That property is the path selected by the user. This property must have an initial value containing at least one volume and one sublevel. Properties can be created and managed on the Properties tab of the Project Settings dialog (Project > Settings).

Indirect

If checked, the Property name is the name of another property, not directly associated with this control. If unchecked, the Property name is associated with this control.

Drives to Display

CD-ROM

If checked, all CD-ROM drives will be listed in the combobox. If unchecked, they will be excluded.

Fixed

If checked, all fixed internal hard drives will be listed in the combobox. If unchecked, they will be excluded.

Floppy

If checked, all floppy drives will be listed in the combobox. If unchecked, they will be excluded.

RAM disk

If checked, all RAM disks will be listed in the combobox. If unchecked, they will be excluded.

Remote

If checked, all remote drives will be listed in the combobox. If unchecked, they will be excluded.

Removable

If checked, all removable drives will be listed in the combobox. If unchecked, they will be excluded.

Options

Left scroll

If checked, the scroll bar will be shown on the left side of the control. If unchecked, it will be shown on the right side.

RTL reading order

If checked, the text in the control will be shown in right-to-left reading order. If unchecked, it will be shown in left-to-right reading order.

Right aligned

If checked, the text in the control will be aligned to the right. If unchecked, it will be aligned to the left.

More Information

MSDN Online: DirectoryCombo Control

MSDN Online: Controls

MSDN Online: Control Table

MSDN Online: Browse Dialog

WiX Help File: Control Element

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