Which Temp directory are you looking in? The TempFolder property page on MSDN says Windows Installer uses the GetTempPath function to retrieve the path ->http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372067.aspx GetTempPath retrieves the first valid path stored in certain environment variables in the order TMP, TEMP & USERPROFILE -> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa364992.aspx Your custom action should be calling GetTempPath to ensure it gets the same path as the TempFolder property.
You haven't pasted the WiX for your Custom Action. When is it being called? Palbinder Sandher Software Platform Engineer T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the <Virtual Environment>** Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. SC151456 Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow G20 0SP Email Disclaimer -----Original Message----- From: Tom - [mailto:mittegetm...@hotmail.com] Sent: 28 May 2013 13:33 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Putting File in TempFolder - Nothing Happens Good afternoon, I am creating a database installation. First I try to migrate a database from SQL 2005 to SQL 2008, but should no database be on a SQL 2005 on the machine, I am installing a new one. To make this happen, I thought I'll put a backup file into the TempFolder and reference that file in my custom action to restore it. So far so good but it's not working. It's not working because it can't find the backup-file in the TempFolder. The XML that I've got is: <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> <Directory Id="TempFolder"> <Component Id="DatabaseBackupFile" Guid="*"> <File Id='FileBackupFile' DiskId='1' Source='SetupContent\db-package.bak' KeyPath='yes' /> </Component> </Directory> <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder"> <Directory Id="CompanyFolder" Name="CompanyName"> <Directory Id="INSTALLDIRECTORY" Name="DB WiXTest"> </Directory> </Directory> </Directory> </Directory> <!-- BEGIN: Features --> <Feature Id="ProductFeature" ConfigurableDirectory="TARGETDIR" Level="1"> <ComponentRef Id="DatabaseBackupFile" /> </Feature> Either that XML is messed up, or my custom action runs before the file has been placed in the TempFolder. Reading the logs or looking in the folders, I can't figure out which. Anyone spot anything wrong in the above, or know what I can to to fix this? Cheers, Tom ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try New Relic Now & We'll Send You this Cool Shirt New Relic is the only SaaS-based application performance monitoring service that delivers powerful full stack analytics. Optimize and monitor your browser, app, & servers with just a few lines of code. Try New Relic and get this awesome Nerd Life shirt! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic_d2d_may _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try New Relic Now & We'll Send You this Cool Shirt New Relic is the only SaaS-based application performance monitoring service that delivers powerful full stack analytics. Optimize and monitor your browser, app, & servers with just a few lines of code. Try New Relic and get this awesome Nerd Life shirt! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic_d2d_may _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
