Extension for CopyFolder??

[Farrukh]

Hi,
Is there any extension method to Copy Folders instead of CopyFiles?

I actually need some Wix examples for doing this.

I'm working on a project in which I have to make a backup of a folder upon uninstall. I saw msiext and wished to use these.
Found CopyFiles which seems to be doing similar action. So how to use it?
Or if there is any CopyFolder kind of thing, please let me know with any example wix

Thanks
Farrukh

[Daniel Doubrovkine]

The CopyFiles extension supports directories, so you can do this:

<AppSecInc:CopyFiles Id="CopyAll" CopyOnInstall="yes" Recurse="yes" Source="[INSTALLLOCATION]" Overwrite="yes" Target="[INSTALLLOCATION]\CopyOfAllFiles" Wildcard="*.*" />

Reference here: http://dblock.github.com/msiext/docs/1.3/class_wix_1_1_extensions_1_1_system_tools_1_1_copy_files.html
Demo here: https://github.com/dblock/msiext/blob/master/src/Demos/SystemToolsMsi/SystemToolsMsi.wxs

cheers

dB.

Farrukh

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[Farrukh]

Hi DB,
Thanks a lot. I will test these soon.

BTW, Is there any Tutorial site to msiext? I still have to start with it. Although, I know I will have to reference its schema in my WIX, but still need precisely.

Best regards
Farrukh

[Daniel Doubrovkine]

There's no tutorial. Please feel free to contribute.

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[Me I Myself]

How about this... Is there anything anywhere publicly available that tells people how to get started with this.  The documentation would be great for someone that knows how to get started, but I cannot find anything anywhere on how to use this stuff in the first place.  I am pretty frustrated and guess I will give up on this product.  Going back to use WiX Extensions I guess.... :|

[Daniel Doubrovkine]

You're still asking for a tutorial, which takes time to write, *someone* has to make the effort. 

There's a ton of examples in https://github.com/dblock/msiext/tree/master/src/Demos, they all work.

I wrote an old blog post on getting started with database extensions - http://code.dblock.org/msi-community-extensions-deploying-databases, if that helps.

Ultimately I welcome more "getting started" content, but I am not planning to write it.

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