Using Copy Local files to copy/install Sub Folders

asparagusx · Post by **asparagusx** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 9:57 am

Hello

I want to allow our dealers to provide their users with some custom files that need to be installed. I want them to place 'extra' files that need installing in a folder called Extras on the installation media. I am using Copy Local files and that works fine, but I also need to allow copying of sub folders created in the 'Extras' folder. This does not seem to work - how can achieve this functionality.

I previously used Wise and I used the following script to allow that :

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item: Check if File/Dir Exists
  Pathname=%INST%\\Extras
  Flags=00000100
end
item: Copy Local File
  Source=%INST%\\extras\\*.*
  Destination=%MAINDIR%
  Description=Extra Local Files
  Flags=0000000111000010
end
item: End Block
end

This option allowed 'sub folders' as a check box to be specified.

Thanks

Anton

MichaelNesmith · Post by **MichaelNesmith** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 1:09 pm

Unfortunately, the Windows Installer Copy/Move Local Files action does not allow for subfolders to be copied. This is an MSI limitation and since InstallAware is MSI-bound, it has to honor this restriction.

asparagusx · Post by **asparagusx** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 4:53 am

It is a shame, but I am now using Extract 7Zip Archive (which does support sub folders). Can you confirm that either .7z and .7zip file extensions will be valid for the Extract 7Zip function?

Anton

MichaelNesmith · Post by **MichaelNesmith** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 10:10 am

The file extension is immaterial - it can be anything you like, as long as the file is actually a 7zip archive with stored or LZMA compression, extraction will proceed normally.