Well that means that you put it between InstallInitialize and InstallFinalize but before InstallFiles, if that's where it's supposed to be. Did you try that?
It's not a safe design without some extra details. When InstallFiles copies your file, you need to be sure it won't replace the one you already copied - what do have to prevent that from happening? You may also need a condition on your copy to prevent it from happening during a repair or uninstall Phil Wilson On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 5:48 PM, Kai Peters <kpet...@otaksoft.com> wrote: > My mistake for not specifying what else I had tried: > > When i switched to 'deferred' LIGHT complained: > > error LGHT0204 : ICE77: CA_CopyMasterIni is a in-script custom action. It > must be sequenced in > between the InstallInitialize action and the InstallFinalize action in the > InstallExecuteSequence > table > > I also found a piece of advice stating that in this case one should > schedule in InstallUISequence - > but that just gave errors during MSI execution.... > > > > On Wed, 18 Sep 2013 11:07:05 -0700, Phil Wilson wrote: > > Your copy custom action is immediate - that means it will always happen > before any files are > > actually copied. If you need it to run after InstallFiles has physically > copied files it should > > be marked deferred. > > > > Phil Wilson > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 10:45 PM, Kai Peters <kpet...@otaksoft.com> > wrote: > > > >> Hi all, > >> > >> hopefully my last newbie issue for some time (all previous issues have > been resolved thanks to > >> the great help from this list - thanks again!): > >> > >> I deploy a CA "CA_CopyMasterIni" to copy a configuration file template > from location A to > >> location B > >> if my customer's IT dept. has dropped one in location A prior to > installing my MSI. > >> > >> This works as expected. > >> > >> However, as this process is optional I always need to install a default > template file (as shown > >> below). > >> > >> The issue is that InstallFiles happens after my CA and thus the > customer provided template gets > >> overwritten if it was supplied. I had added NeverOverwrite="yes" to the > template component in > >> hopes > >> that this would prevent this overwriting but it does not... > >> > >> If I change sequences in the InstallExecute table and push my CA after > InstallFiles, the CA > >> does not run. > >> > >> How can I achieve my goal? > >> > >> As always, thanks for any pointers, > >> > >> K. > >> > >> > >> <DirectoryRef Id="AppDataProductLineFolder"> > >> <Component Id="COMP_IniTemplate" Guid="*" NeverOverwrite="yes" > <File > Id="FILE_IniTemplate" > >> Name="Quadra.ini" KeyPath="yes" Vital="no" > Source="$(var.MiscDir)\Quadra.ini" /> </Component> > >> </DirectoryRef> > >> > >> > >> <!-- this CA copies an inifile template provided by customer's IT from > COMMON_APPDATA to final > >> destination --> <CustomAction Id="CA_CopyMasterIni" > BinaryKey="BIN_InstallHelperDLL" > >> DllEntry="CopyTestMasterInifile" Execute="immediate" Return="check" > HideTarget="no" > >> Impersonate="yes" /> > >> > >> > >> <!-- schedule custom actions --> > >> <InstallExecuteSequence> > >> <!-- back up Quadra.ini before old version is uninstalled --> > >> <Custom Action="CA_BackupGlobalIni" After="InstallValidate" /> > >> > >> <!-- restore Quadra.ini after the old version has been uninstalled --> > >> <Custom Action="CA_RestoreGlobalIni" After="RemoveExistingProducts" /> > >> > >> <!-- ... --> > >> <Custom Action="CA_CopyMasterIni" After="CA_RestoreGlobalIni" /> > </InstallExecuteSequence> > >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > LIMITED TIME > >> SALE - Full Year of Microsoft Training For Just $49.99! 1,500+ hours of > tutorials including > >> VisualStudio 2012, Windows 8, SharePoint > >> 2013, SQL 2012, MVC 4, more. 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