Copy files using custom actions in Setup Project

[MZwijacz]

I have a project to deploy but there is a file (non code), that will need to be copied to a directory on the install machine, that is not the app dir. To make maters worse, this directory will be different on every machine. So I can not use the File system editor.

My thinking was to use a custom action on the Install_AfterInstall event. This action would look in the application directory where that app had just been installed and copy this file to a specific dir on the users machine. The problem is this dir could be anywhere on the users machine. The good news is the dir will always be named the same.

How do I get the app dir name so I can copy this file at the end of the setup process ? Will the file exist on the install computer during the Install_AfterInstall event ?



Thanks,

MFZ

 

[mansii]

The information about installed application is stored in windows registry with this following path:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies

Its subkeys will list the absolut path of installed application, at least when using the MS setup wizard.

One of the subkeys should look like:

C:|Program Files|MyApp.exe

Be aware of the pipe string "|" in the subkey names.

Regards

 

[MZwijacz]

Thanks I will give it a try today, and let you know how it went.

MFZ