Copy Files

[_shielder_]

My install consists of my application files plus 2 extra files.
I need to move or copy these 2 extra files into an existing directory on the destination machine. They need to be in place before I execute some SQL Scripts. Then I want to delete the same 2 files at the end of the install.

I'm new to InstallShield so this is probably very simple.

Thanks for the help!

[SMadden]

I depends on the project type you have, is it InstallScript, Basic MSI or InstallScript MSI?

Sandra

[_shielder_]

InstallScript MSI

[SMadden]

To do it with script, you could add them to the Support Files View, disable logging to make the next operations not show up in the uninstall log, copy the files over to the new location, call the SQL scripts and then cleanup what was done before.

The code would look something like this

Disable(LOGGING);
XCopyFile(SUPPORTDIR ^ "File1", szTargetDir, COMP_NORMAL);
XCopyFile(SUPPORTDIR ^ "File2", szTargetDir, COMP_NORMAL);

//call SQL scripts

DeleteFile(szTargetDir ^ "File1");
DeleteFile(szTargetDir ^ "File2");
Enable(LOGGING);

It would also be a good idea to add some code to check if either of the files already exists in the target location and then skip deleting them.

Sandra

[TheTraveler]

Instead of using XCopyFile, you could use CopyFile function.

[_shielder_]

Thanks I'll try that.