Seems like you found your solution already.
But I am using copy
almost exactly as you did, I think it might be worth sharing my solution for anyone do want use copy
instead of xcopy
. I did tried xcopy solution from your link, but for me, xcopy is more suitable for batch copy, on the other hand, I am copying single file and I also want define my own destinate file name but it is tricker to do using xcopy with CA (if possible).
For my project, I am using deferred
Execute instead of immediate
, immediate
is possible as well, but the syntax will be different:
<!--Syntex for deferred-->
<!--<Property Id='QtExecCA' Value='"cmd.exe" /c copy C:\temp\test.txt C:\temp\test2.txt' />-->
<!--Syntex for immediate-->
<Property Id='QtExecCmdLine' Value='"cmd.exe" /c copy C:\temp\test.txt C:\temp\test2.txt' /><CustomAction Id='QtExecTest' BinaryKey='WixCA' DllEntry='CAQuietExec'
Execute='immediate' Return='check'/>
.
.
.
<InstallExecuteSequence>
<Custom Action='QtExecCA' After='InstallInitialize'/>
</InstallExecuteSequence>
That is in essential my code for copy.
It took my a few tries to get QtExec
syntax right, and I think that might be where you have problem.
Reference for QtExec