Determine the Application Folder in a Custom Install Method?

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I am developing an app in C# in VS2008 that makes use of a special XML
file located in the AppData folder. I know how I can include this file
in the Application Folder with the Setup project and then the first
time the app is invoked, oopy the file to the AppData folder.

I would like to do this in a more elegant, IMHO, manner. I would like
to create the file using a custom Install Custom action. My only
problem is determining the Application Folder in the Install method of
the Installer class object. I looked at the Installer.Context property
but I did not see the Application Folder as any of tghe
Installer.Context Keys.

Any suggestions?
 
Joe Cool said:
I am developing an app in C# in VS2008 that makes use of a special XML
file located in the AppData folder. I know how I can include this file
in the Application Folder with the Setup project and then the first
time the app is invoked, oopy the file to the AppData folder.

I would like to do this in a more elegant, IMHO, manner. I would like
to create the file using a custom Install Custom action. My only
problem is determining the Application Folder in the Install method of
the Installer class object. I looked at the Installer.Context property
but I did not see the Application Folder as any of tghe
Installer.Context Keys.

Any suggestions?
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Hi,

In Custom Actions Commit put someting like this: CustomActionData=
/INSTALLDIR="[TARGETDIR]\", and later you can use it in method Commit like

public override void Commit(System.Collections.IDictionary savedState)
{

string AppFolder = Context.Parameters["INSTALLDIR"];
//something

}

I hope this would help you.

Dubravko
 
I am developing an app in C# in VS2008 that makes use of a special XML
file located in the AppData folder. I know how I can include this file
in the Application Folder with the Setup project and then the first
time the app is invoked, oopy the file to the AppData folder.
Click to expand...
I would like to do this in a more elegant, IMHO, manner. I would like
to create the file using a custom Install Custom action. My only
problem is determining the Application Folder in the Install method of
the Installer class object. I looked at the Installer.Context property
but I did not see the Application Folder as any of tghe
Installer.Context Keys.
Click to expand...
Any suggestions?
Click to expand...

Hi,

In Custom Actions Commit put someting like this: CustomActionData=
/INSTALLDIR="[TARGETDIR]\", and later you can use it in method Commit like

   public override void  Commit(System.Collections.IDictionary savedState)
{

            string AppFolder = Context.Parameters["INSTALLDIR"];
                //something

  }

I hope this would help you.
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Thanks, works like a charm. I knew that there was some way to pass
information to custom actions but it had been so long since I had
researched it before I had forgotten how.
 
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