True. The custom action uses:
TempDir = session.GetTargetPath("TempFolder");
According to the msiexec-log:
MSI (c) (70:88) [14:19:49:505]: Dir (target): Key: TempFolder , Object:
C:\Users\Tom\AppData\Local\Temp\
And according to my log-messages from within the custom action that does
GetTargetPath:
MYDBLOG - Begin read parameter 'TempFolder'
MYDBLOG - End read parameter 'TempFolder' with value
'C:\Users\Tom\AppData\Local\Temp\'
That's why I was thinking the problem is the file isn't written to the
Temp-folder. Regarding the order of things, I was thinking these custom
actions, albeit after the directory-declarations, were run before the file is
written to Temp. Which may very well be the case as I'm not very gracefully
finding my way through the pitfalls. Directly after the feature-tag that
includes the component/file, I've got the installsequence:
<InstallExecuteSequence>
<Custom Action="installTpdb" Before="tryUpdateTpdb">NOT Installed</Custom>
<Custom Action="tryUpdateTpdb" Before="tryReadTpdb">NOT Installed</Custom>
<Custom Action="tryReadTpdb" Before="InstallFinalize">NOT
Installed</Custom>
<Custom Action='uninstallTpdb' After='InstallFinalize'>(NOT
UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE) AND (REMOVE="ALL")</Custom>
</InstallExecuteSequence>
<!-- BEGIN: Add/Remove Programs Icon -->
<Property Id="ARPPRODUCTICON" Value="appicon.ico" />
<!-- BEGIN: User Interface -->
<UIRef Id="WixUI_my_UI" />
</Product>
</Wix>
Cheers,
Tom
> From: pally.sand...@iesve.com
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 13:21:00 +0000
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Putting File in TempFolder - Nothing Happens
>
> Which Temp directory are you looking in?
> The TempFolder property page on MSDN says Windows Installer uses the
> GetTempPath function to retrieve the path
> ->http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372067.aspx
> GetTempPath retrieves the first valid path stored in certain environment
> variables in the order TMP, TEMP & USERPROFILE ->
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa364992.aspx
> Your custom action should be calling GetTempPath to ensure it gets the same
> path as the TempFolder property.
>
> You haven't pasted the WiX for your Custom Action. When is it being called?
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom - [mailto:mittegetm...@hotmail.com]
> Sent: 28 May 2013 13:33
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [WiX-users] Putting File in TempFolder - Nothing Happens
>
> Good afternoon,
>
> I am creating a database installation. First I try to migrate a database from
> SQL 2005 to SQL 2008, but should no database be on a SQL 2005 on the machine,
> I am installing a new one. To make this happen, I thought I'll put a backup
> file into the TempFolder and reference that file in my custom action to
> restore it. So far so good but it's not working. It's not working because it
> can't find the backup-file in the TempFolder. The XML that I've got is:
>
> <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
> <Directory Id="TempFolder">
> <Component Id="DatabaseBackupFile" Guid="*">
> <File Id='FileBackupFile' DiskId='1'
> Source='SetupContent\db-package.bak' KeyPath='yes' />
> </Component>
> </Directory>
> <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder">
> <Directory Id="CompanyFolder" Name="CompanyName">
> <Directory Id="INSTALLDIRECTORY" Name="DB WiXTest">
> </Directory>
> </Directory>
> </Directory>
> </Directory>
>
> <!-- BEGIN: Features -->
> <Feature Id="ProductFeature" ConfigurableDirectory="TARGETDIR" Level="1">
> <ComponentRef Id="DatabaseBackupFile" />
> </Feature>
>
> Either that XML is messed up, or my custom action runs before the file has
> been placed in the TempFolder. Reading the logs or looking in the folders, I
> can't figure out which. Anyone spot anything wrong in the above, or know what
> I can to to fix this?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tom
>
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