RE: [WiX-users] Copy File From Install point to App directory

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There is an alternative, but it may depend on how much information is
contained in the configuration file.

With MSI (via WiX), you can build an Administrative installation.  During
the Admin install, you can query the user for the values that are normally
in the configuration file.  The results of those queries should be put into
properties that are referenced via the AdminProperties property.  The
Administrative installation will also copy all the install files onto the
network.

Individual users at a customer site can then do a normal installation from
the Administrative installation.  The properties in the AdminProperties will
automatically be propagated to the individual client installations.

Jason
  -----Original Message-----
  From: Lynn Roth [mailto:ly...@in...]
  Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 7:12 AM
  To: ro...@us...
  Cc: wix...@li...
  Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Copy File From Install point to App directory

  Some background.  Our software uses a license server to verifylicensing
and get the connection string info to connect to thedatabase.  This license
server is located at our customers site.  Theclient software needs to know
how to connect to the license server (IPaddress and port).

  What I would like to do is this:
  We supply our customers with an MSI that will install our clientsoftware.
They put this MSI on their server along with a file(app.config since we are
using .NET) that contains information on howto connect to the customer's
license/configuration server.   When theclient installs the MSI from the
server, it should also copy thisconfig file to the directory that the app is
installed to.

  This would allow the customer to not have to enter this information oneach
install.

  Thanks for any ideas on this.

  Lynn

  Rob Mensching wrote:

    Why? What is the entirescenario you are trying to accomplish?

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ceforge.net] On Behalf Of Lynn Roth
    Sent: Tuesday, May 25,2004 5:24AM
    Cc:wix...@li...
    Subject: Re:[WiX-users] Copy FileFrom Install point to App directory

    Thanks for the heads up.

    What I am trying to do is this:  We will supply our customers with
anMSIfile that they will use to install our software onto their
clientmachines.  I need the install process to copy a configuration file
fromthe server (where the MSI is stored) to the client at the same time.
Thisconfiguration file will be altered by the customer with
informationspecific totheir environment. (server location, etc).  Is there a
way to do thiswithWIX/MSI?

    Thanks,
    Lynn

    Rob Mensching wrote:

Lynn, be very careful doing this.  There is information in the MSI (like
thesize, version, and file hash) about the file.  If you modify the file in
thesource image without rebuilding the MSI file, the Windows Installer
couldget confused when installing/repairing/updating the file. If you're
just trying to install a file, I'd suggest looking at the exampleprovided
with the WiX toolset.  Otherwise, I'm not exactly sure what issueyou're
hitting. -----Original Message-----From:
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ge.net] On Behalf Of Lynn RothSent: Friday, May 21, 2004 7:00 AMTo: Lynn
RothCc: wix...@li...Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Copy File
From Install point to App directory I found the solution to this problem:I
added  ' Compressed="no" ' to the File element.  This makes it copy the file
along side the msi file rather than to the cab.  This file can then be
altered without changing the MSI and the altered file gets copied to the
installed point. Lynn  Lynn Roth wrote:   I would like to set up an MSI to
copy a file (config file specific tothe install) from the install point to
the directory created in theProgram Files Directory. I found the CopyFile
element, but can't seem to figure out what to putfor the sourcedirectory.
Has anyone done this? Thanks,Lynn A.
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