Install all files found in a directory?

[Alex_W]

Hi All

My current project is to automate the installer creation process so that if just a few files are updated I or anyone can just click a shortcut & a new installer is created.

One problem which I'm not sure how to crack is that I want to have my installer install all files from a few directories on a server. I don't want the building of the installer to fail if there is a new, renamed or removed file. How can I do this?

My project is build using a Basic MSI project.

[Alex_W]

oh found it, Dynamic File linking. But I have a new question. Is there a way to programmaticly set the source folder?

[Jeff2008]

I'm pretty sure you can do this with the InstallShield build automation. Check here for some infos: http://documentation.installshield.com.

[Lurean]

you can also set any of your Path Variables used by your installer project from the command line when doing a command line build.

I do this through a batch file for building the installers after using the msbuild command line to compile, since I won't know the source directory untill the build is complete. This also allows me to build on different machines with different directory structures by adjusting the .bat file.