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‎Aug 13, 2009
06:46 PM
Install all files found in a directory?
Hi All
My current project is to automate the installer creation process so that if just a few files are updated I or anyone can just click a shortcut & a new installer is created.
One problem which I'm not sure how to crack is that I want to have my installer install all files from a few directories on a server. I don't want the building of the installer to fail if there is a new, renamed or removed file. How can I do this?
My project is build using a Basic MSI project.
My current project is to automate the installer creation process so that if just a few files are updated I or anyone can just click a shortcut & a new installer is created.
One problem which I'm not sure how to crack is that I want to have my installer install all files from a few directories on a server. I don't want the building of the installer to fail if there is a new, renamed or removed file. How can I do this?
My project is build using a Basic MSI project.
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‎Aug 13, 2009
07:08 PM
oh found it, Dynamic File linking. 🙂 But I have a new question. Is there a way to programmaticly set the source folder?
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‎Aug 17, 2009
08:57 AM
I'm pretty sure you can do this with the InstallShield build automation. Check here for some infos: http://documentation.installshield.com.
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‎Aug 17, 2009
10:38 AM
you can also set any of your Path Variables used by your installer project from the command line when doing a command line build.
I do this through a batch file for building the installers after using the msbuild command line to compile, since I won't know the source directory untill the build is complete. This also allows me to build on different machines with different directory structures by adjusting the .bat file.
I do this through a batch file for building the installers after using the msbuild command line to compile, since I won't know the source directory untill the build is complete. This also allows me to build on different machines with different directory structures by adjusting the .bat file.
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