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WiX Custom Action - MSI copy itself


Can someone help me to build a custom action in MSI which will copy itself after successful installation to some X location. I have already seen it can be done using .exe but I want to do it only with CA.DLL (C#) as this exe will be an overhead.


Solution

  • Here's an example VB script that will find an installed product by name and copy the cached copy of the MSI. This will work on Windows 7 and later, as the full MSI is cached and any embedded cab files remain in the MSI. You just get the MSI without the payload on older systems.

    Dim installer, products, product, productCode
    Set installer = Wscript.CreateObject("WindowsInstaller.Installer")
    
    For Each productCode In installer.Products
      If InStr(1, LCase(installer.ProductInfo(productCode, "ProductName")), LCase("My Product Name")) Then Exit For
    Next
    
    If IsEmpty(productCode) Then Wscript.Quit 2
    
    Set products = installer.ProductsEx(productCode, "", 7)
    filesys.copyFile products(0).InstallProperty("LocalPackage"), "c:\path\to\newcopy.msi"