Alas, I'm not sure there is a way; when MSI handles file transfer, the InstallFiles action is evidently one atomic operation, and (apart from the GUI action-data) there's not really a hook for getting inside that operation.
(As always, I hope someone will prove that I don't know what I'm talking about...)
RobertDickau wrote: Alas, I'm not sure there is a way; when MSI handles file transfer, the InstallFiles action is evidently one atomic operation, and (apart from the GUI action-data) there's not really a hook for getting inside that operation.
(As always, I hope someone will prove that I don't know what I'm talking about...)
Robert,
Thanks for your reply. I am still hoping there is a way!!
If I understood the goal a little better, maybe I could help a bit more. The file must belong to acomponent so a customaction scheduled before the file copy with a conditional expression based on the action state of the component would fire just before the mass file copy. Is this really not granular enough?
Christopher Painter wrote: If I understood the goal a little better, maybe I could help a bit more. The file must belong to acomponent so a customaction scheduled before the file copy with a conditional expression based on the action state of the component would fire just before the mass file copy. Is this really not granular enough?
Chris,
I am actually trying to figure out a way to TRAP and RECORD name of the file that is being copied at the time of my product installation using MSI INSTALLSCRIPT project.
I am sorry I wasnt clear enough before, I hope this time you get the information you are looking for!!
RobertDickau wrote: Alas, I'm not sure there is a way; when MSI handles file transfer, the InstallFiles action is evidently one atomic operation, and (apart from the GUI action-data) there's not really a hook for getting inside that operation.
(As always, I hope someone will prove that I don't know what I'm talking about...)
Robert,
Is there a way I could get a return message on weather all files from my installer have been installed successfully or NOT? and perhaps name of the file that failed to copy?
