Installscript rename a file

You can enable and disable the Cancel button using the Enable and Disable functions. XCopyFile can perform version checking, mark locked. You can also use XCopyFile to include subdirectories. If the target directory does not exist, CopyFile creates it. You cannot rename groups of files by using wildcards with CopyFile. You can, however, rename a single file using CopyFile.

Specify the name of the file to copy. If the file name is qualified—that is, if it includes a path— CopyFile copies the file from the specified location. To copy groups of files, use wild card characters in this parameter.

You can specify a valid URL in this parameter. When passing a URL, do not include wildcard characters. To check the validity of a URL, call the following:. Specify the name to give to the copy of the file that is identified by szSrcFile. If the file name is qualified—if it includes a path— CopyFile copies the file to the location specified by the path. Otherwise, this constant is ignored. This constant updates the file if the source file is newer than the target file.

If the file version does not exist in both the source and the target files, date and time are used for comparison. If the file version does not exist for only one file, InstallShield treats the file containing version information as the newer file.

A locked file is a file that is in use by an application or the system when the installation attempts to access or update the file. There are some unshared files such as shell extensions for which the script writer does not want a registry entry and reference counter. These files should never be uninstalled, except by the application itself. Note that empty subdirectories are not copied. When you use this parameter, the file in the target folder does not have any file attributes set by default.

If you do not use this parameter, XCopyFile uses the attributes of the original file for the copied file. Return Value. Indicates that the function successfully copied the files. Indicates that an invalid argument was passed to the function. As the user can alter the installation path before installing, is there a way if so how? Thank you. Re: Renaming a file during or after install. Tue Dec 03, am Hello and welcome to Advanced Installer forums, I'm afraid we don't have predefined support for this.

However, you can achieve this through your own custom action. Also, the source file will be embedded in the MSI file but will not be deployed at install time with the other application files. Also, you can use a. In order to launch your. Please keep in mind that during an uninstall, Windows Installer removes only the data registered into the MSI file. All other data created by custom actions, by the installed application or by the user is not registered in the MSI, therefore it will not be removed.