Installer Class Question

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How to get the folder in which the MSI is present?

What I am trying to do is, basically my app has a config file and
within this the connection string is stored, when I distribute the
MSI, the sys-admin normally puts the MSI on a network and installs the
clients from there. I want to put a copy of cofnig file in the same
folder as the MSI which the sys-admin can edit and speicify the right
connection string and inside my installer class I will copy this
edited config file into the app folder. For this I need to know where
the MSI is running from.

How to get the MSI folder please?

Thanks
 
How to get the folder in which the MSI is present?

What I am trying to do is, basically my app has a config file and
within this the connection string is stored, when I distribute the
MSI, the sys-admin normally puts the MSI on a network and installs the
clients from there. I want to put a copy of cofnig file in the same
folder as the MSI which the sys-admin can edit and speicify the right
connection string and inside my installer class I will copy this
edited config file into the app folder. For this I need to know where
the MSI is running from.

How to get the MSI folder please?

Thanks
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hello, it appears your going around the process incorrectly.
ok, i apologise for my ignorance in advance:
- in solution Explorer, right click on your project name, Add New
Project, select Installer setup.
- in applications Folder, right click and Add > Project Output
this should include the config file you've created, if not, simply,
right click, Add File > and browse to the config file you wish to
include in your installer msi
 
Thanks for your response.

The problem is the connection string varies from customer to customer
and needs changing by the sys-admin before installing. Currently my
MSI includes the app.config file but this always has the connection
string that was valid at the time of development. I hope you get the
picture. The MSI is being shipped to diff customers/offices. Thanks
 
Thanks for your response.

The problem is the connection string varies from customer to customer
and needs changing by the sys-admin before installing. Currently my
MSI includes the app.config file but this always has the connection
string that was valid at the time of development. I hope you get the
picture. The MSI is being shipped to diff customers/offices. Thanks
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Well a few ideas, if your sending it to customers with a different
config file each time, you don't want the customer having to manually
dump a config file into a file location on the hard-drive. So you
could create a KIX file which would firstly call the msi and install
it, then move the config file into the correct location. (you could
also do this with a batch file OR tweak the installer ini file)
When you create an applications msi, it goes into the location where-
ever you create and save it.
for example, i think the default is: "My Documents\Setup\Release
but again, when you create the project setup, you can specifiy the
location of where the msi will be saved to on your computer.
on another note: <APPLICATION NAME>\bin\Debug is where your config
should reside while running from VS
 
Thanks,

Batch file looks like a good idea but how can you obtain the folder
where the app was installed? The sys-admin could install app on diff
drives/folders depending on the company policy so we can't assume a
fixed target folder to copy across the config file. Any ideas? Thanks
 
If you bundle an example file as loose (PackageAs = vsdpaLoose) it will still
be installed to the target dir. It will also be available to the admin
person to edit prior to install. Your install should not need a custom
action for this. Does this accomplish what you want? Hopefully I am
understanding your goal.
 
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