Access to installation files from Custom Actions class.

Hi all,

Is there a way to get the path to the temp directory where installation
files are unpacked to?
Also is there a way to specify in a deployment package that a file should
not be installed anywhere but simply included into the package? E.g. I want
to include install_docs.txt (as losely packaged) but it should not be copied
to the destination dir during install? I tried setting "Exclude" to true but
the file gets excluded from the deployment package completely.

Thank you.
-Oleg.

Sijin
Wed Sep 08 08:40:37 CDT 2004

Dear Oleg,

I found these two possible solutions

http://www.mcse.ms/message841562.html
http://blogs.msdn.com/junfeng/archive/2004/01/31/65457.aspx

Sijin Joseph
http://www.indiangeek.net
http://weblogs.asp.net/sjoseph



Oleg Ogurok wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Is there a way to get the path to the temp directory where installation
> files are unpacked to?
> Also is there a way to specify in a deployment package that a file should
> not be installed anywhere but simply included into the package? E.g. I want
> to include install_docs.txt (as losely packaged) but it should not be copied
> to the destination dir during install? I tried setting "Exclude" to true but
> the file gets excluded from the deployment package completely.
>
> Thank you.
> -Oleg.
>
>

Oleg
Wed Sep 08 11:40:40 CDT 2004


I don't have any issues installing .NET framework. Did you even read my
question?



"Sijin Joseph" <sijinNOSPAMdotnet@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:OfnkemalEHA.3392@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Dear Oleg,
>
> I found these two possible solutions
>
> http://www.mcse.ms/message841562.html
> http://blogs.msdn.com/junfeng/archive/2004/01/31/65457.aspx
>
> Sijin Joseph
> http://www.indiangeek.net
> http://weblogs.asp.net/sjoseph
>
>
>
> Oleg Ogurok wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Is there a way to get the path to the temp directory where installation
>> files are unpacked to?
>> Also is there a way to specify in a deployment package that a file should
>> not be installed anywhere but simply included into the package? E.g. I
>> want to include install_docs.txt (as losely packaged) but it should not
>> be copied to the destination dir during install? I tried setting
>> "Exclude" to true but the file gets excluded from the deployment package
>> completely.
>>
>> Thank you.
>> -Oleg.

Oleg
Wed Sep 08 11:42:35 CDT 2004


I'm sorry, I should have mentioned. This issue is related to working with
Setup & Deployment projects in Visual Studio .NET 2003. It's not related to
the .NET framework installation.

-Oleg.

"Sijin Joseph" <sijinNOSPAMdotnet@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:OfnkemalEHA.3392@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Dear Oleg,
>
> I found these two possible solutions
>
> http://www.mcse.ms/message841562.html
> http://blogs.msdn.com/junfeng/archive/2004/01/31/65457.aspx
>
> Sijin Joseph
> http://www.indiangeek.net
> http://weblogs.asp.net/sjoseph
>
>
>
> Oleg Ogurok wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Is there a way to get the path to the temp directory where installation
>> files are unpacked to?
>> Also is there a way to specify in a deployment package that a file should
>> not be installed anywhere but simply included into the package? E.g. I
>> want to include install_docs.txt (as losely packaged) but it should not
>> be copied to the destination dir during install? I tried setting
>> "Exclude" to true but the file gets excluded from the deployment package
>> completely.
>>
>> Thank you.
>> -Oleg.

Sijin
Thu Sep 09 00:49:14 CDT 2004

Dear Oleg,

I am sorry, this post was meant for the question just above yours, that
is about an error while installing .Net framework.

Sijin Joseph
http://www.indiangeek.net
http://weblogs.asp.net/sjoseph



Oleg Ogurok wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Is there a way to get the path to the temp directory where installation
> files are unpacked to?
> Also is there a way to specify in a deployment package that a file should
> not be installed anywhere but simply included into the package? E.g. I want
> to include install_docs.txt (as losely packaged) but it should not be copied
> to the destination dir during install? I tried setting "Exclude" to true but
> the file gets excluded from the deployment package completely.
>
> Thank you.
> -Oleg.
>
>