Most of the files are made part of the installer using the File element, however there are two files that are an exception for two reasons.
First, they're both part of the readme file which we want users to be able to access before they actually install the product. If it were just that we could include the file both in the installer and on the disk (though that seems slightly inelegant,) but the second reason is because historically these two files have been changed hours or even minutes before the actual release. Not that I think that's a very wise policy, but it's not anything I have any control over. On 3/22/07, Rob Mensching <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why are you copying files from the original media instead of just using the > File element? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Geoff Finger > Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 3:45 PM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] Accessing the Source Directory > > I've been trying to figure out how to copy some files located in the > directory the msi file is being run from to the Install directory, the > big problem being that I couldn't find an easy way to fetch the value > of the source directory. > > SourceDir leads to the root of the drive and CURRENTDIRECTORY isn't > accessible through Wix. Searching through the archives let to a lot of > suggestions involving the msi property OriginalDatabase, however that > includes the file name so there is the added complication of writing a > custom action to strip that off. > > While looking through the log files after some experiments however I > noticed that SourceDir starts at the actual Source directory before > being truncated to just the root. I managed to use the following > custom action to grab the value before the truncation happens: > > <CustomAction Id="ResetSetupDir" Property="SETUPDIR" Value="[SourceDir]" /> > > and in AdminUISequence: > > <Custom Action="ResetSetupDir" Before="ExecuteAction">NOT Installed</Custom> > > Since I didn't see that suggestion in response to any of the previous > similar questions I thought it might be useful to share. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
