How to allow the user to choose the name for the Start Menu Group on WiX3.5 installer?

Question

I'm creating an installer using Wix3.5, and I would like to allow the user to choose a name for the Star Menu group where my shortcut will be placed on.

I tried using Properties:

<directory id="ProgramMenuFolder">
<directory id="MyStartMenuFolder" name="[START_MENU_GROUP_NAME]">

and:

<control type="Edit" id="StartMenuGroupName" width="213" height="15" x="56" y="199" property="START_MENU_GROUP_NAME">

but the group is created with the literal "START_MENU_GROUP_NAME" and not with the content of the Property.

What is the right way to do this? Thanks!

Answer 1

Directories become properties after CostFinalize. Therefore have the name attribute be the default value, have a dialog that has an edit box for the id (propertyname) of the Directory. If the user changes that value it'll change where the shortcuts get created.

<Directory Id="MYSTARTMENUFOLDER" Name="My Default Folder Name" />