Wix-如何复制目录以安装文件夹 [英] Wix- How to copy a directory to install folder

问题描述

I have a Bin folder with many files in my project. For now, I only know how to add specific files to install folder with the code below.

<File Source='$(var.Debug)Myapplication.exe' Id='file4028276A0CAD84E3BDE449237AE31A5F' />  

However, I want to move a whole directory to the install path. For example, move the whole folder "Bin" to the install path "C:Myapplication".

What should I do then?

Thanks in advance!

解决方案

how to include a large directory tree in a wix installer

This looks good. But too much work to do.

How do copy a folder in wix

The above link worked fine. But cannot copy sub folders.

So what I did was, I created an app which reads the whole folder and get its sub directories and files and generates the necessary code blocks like

 <Component Id="myfile" Guid="GUID">
     <File Id="myfile.txt" Source="MySourceFilesmyfile.txt" KeyPath="yes" Checksum="yes"/>
 </Component>

Then I added the generated code block to the .wxs file.

The initial time you spend for creating this app is not a waste. Because you can keep using it forever. I recommend you to copy file by file, because it's helpful during an upgrade or a repair. MSI keeps a record for each file which is to be copied. So it's maintainable and useful on upgrades and repairs.

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