In Visual Studio, using the solution explorer, you can right click your project and tell it to Add | Existing Item
Change the file filter to *.* and select your file. You'll see the file get added to your project. Click on it and then make sure the Build Action property is set to Content and the Copy to Output Directory property is set to Copy Always. This will cause DTF to package that file into your foo.CA.dll. At runtime the hosting model will automatically extract this file and clean it up when the CA is done executing. Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread that deserves attention? E-Mail Me --- On Thu, 2/12/09, Romeo Salayo Jr. <dfox.mxyzp...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Romeo Salayo Jr. <dfox.mxyzp...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Extract Binaries at Install Time > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Date: Thursday, February 12, 2009, 4:39 AM > @greenaj > > Yes, My custom action is an immidiate CA. But still > don't get the correct > stream. > > @Christopher, > > How can I do that? sorry i'm a C# newbie. Can you give > a link or example on > how can I add the files as content. Thanks! > > regards > romeo > > > Christopher Painter wrote: > > > > Have you considered adding the files as content to > your DTF c# project? > > DTF will handle the extraction of non-managed > resources also for you. > > > > Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering > Blog > > Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good > thread that deserves > > attention? E-Mail Me > > > > > > --- On Tue, 2/10/09, gree...@cox.net > <gree...@cox.net> wrote: > > > >> From: gree...@cox.net <gree...@cox.net> > >> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Extract Binaries at > Install Time > >> To: "General discussion for Windows Installer > XML toolset." > >> <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > >> Date: Tuesday, February 10, 2009, 12:20 PM > >> One thing I can think of, make sure the custom > action is run > >> in immediate mode, not deferred. > >> > >> > >> ajgreen > >> ---- "Romeo Salayo Jr." > >> <dfox.mxyzp...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > > >> > Hi, > >> > > >> > I'm trying to extract binaries at install > time in > >> able to use it during > >> > installation only. I'm using C# DTF, the > problem > >> is I can't get > >> > Record.GetStream() to work. It always write > to a file > >> with "[Binary data]" > >> > and not the stream itself. > >> > > >> > Can anyone give an example on how to use > GetStream() > >> successfully? I just > >> > need to extract binaries into a temporary > file. > >> > > >> > We have VBS that works, but we are converting > VBS > >> CustomActions into C# DLL. > >> > > >> > Thank you! > >> > > >> > Best Regards, > >> > Romeo > >> > -- > >> > View this message in context: > >> > http://n2.nabble.com/Extract-Binaries-at-Install-Time-tp2301189p2301189.html > >> > Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive > at > >> Nabble.com. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside > the > >> browser with Adobe(R)AIR(TM) > >> > software. 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