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iwesley
Level 4

Dymanic File linking in Basic MSI AFTER the build

Hi Folks,

I know these are easy things, but I am not seeing it. My client wants the installer to do external 'things' after the build. Copy an entire folder structure from the disk and record the file copy in the log file. Then I need to create an arbitrary number of shortcuts based values in an .ini or xml file.

I want to use Dynamic file linking, but I'm not sure of the the path required in the edit control 'Source Fiolder'. I want to enter something like [SETUPEXEDIR]\Stuff as the Source Folder, but it will not take this value.

Any suggestions are welcome ...

Thanks ...
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Christopher_Pai
Level 16

Totally not possible. Dynamic file linking occurs during the build. BTW, all of this sounds like a recipe for failure.
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iwesley
Level 4

I did this once for a dedicated graphics application using InstallScript, so the client didn't care about uninstall.

If I switch to InstallScript, can I force the installer to log copying of the external files using XCopyFile for example?
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