External files

[D.S. Ullman]

V 9.5

This might just be a miss understanding on my part.

Part of a new installation I am writing depends on about 15 files that are unique to the customer I am building a product for. I am trying to place these in the External file section and copy all into a folder called %appdirectory\quads.

When I run the installation and get to the point they should be installed, I get this message for all of them:

Could not open input File
D:\Filename.xxx

The files are on the CD

<SUF7_CB_FILES>
<FileData>
<FldRef>1</FldRef>
<FullName>C:\GLOBE\Quads\*.*</FullName>
<FileName>*.*</FileName>
<Source>C:\GLOBE\Quads</Source>
<Ext>*</Ext>
<RTSource>%SourceDrive%</RTSource>
<Desc/>
<Recurse>1</Recurse>
<MatchMode>0</MatchMode>
<Dest>%AppFolder%\Quads</Dest>
<Overwrite>1</Overwrite>
<Backup>0</Backup>
<Protect>0</Protect>
<InstallOrder>1000</InstallOrder>
<SCStartRoot>0</SCStartRoot>
<SCStartProgs>0</SCStartProgs>
<SCAppFld>0</SCAppFld>
<SCStartup>0</SCStartup>
<SCDesk>0</SCDesk>
<SCQLaunch>0</SCQLaunch>
<SCStartPinOption>0</SCStartPinOption>
<SCCust>0</SCCust>
<CustSCPath/>
<SCDesc/>
<SCComment/>
<SCArgs/>
<SCWork/>
<UseExtIco>0</UseExtIco>
<IcoFN/>
<IcoIdx>0</IcoIdx>
<IcoShowMd>0</IcoShowMd>
<IcoHK>0</IcoHK>
<RegTTF>1</RegTTF>
<TTFName/>
<RegOCX>1</RegOCX>
<RegTLB>1</RegTLB>
<SupInUse>0</SupInUse>
<Compress>1</Compress>
<UseOrigAttr>1</UseOrigAttr>
<Attr>0</Attr>
<NoCRC>0</NoCRC>
<NoRemove>0</NoRemove>
<Shared>0</Shared>
<OSCond>
<OS>32768</OS>
<OS>65535</OS>
<OS>65535</OS>
<OS>65535</OS>
<OS>65535</OS>
<OS>65535</OS>
<OS>65535</OS>
<OS>65535</OS>
<OS>65535</OS>
<OS>65535</OS>
<OS>65535</OS>
<OS>65535</OS>
<OS>65535</OS>
<OS>65535</OS>
<OS>65535</OS>
<OS>65535</OS>
</OSCond>
<RTCond/>
<BuildConfigs>
<Cfg>All</Cfg>
</BuildConfigs>
<Package>None</Package>
<Packages/>
<Notes/>
<CompSize>0</CompSize>
<CRC>0</CRC>
<StoreOnly>0</StoreOnly>
</FileData>
</SUF7_CB_FILES>

[Ulrich]

Part of a new installation I am writing depends on about 15 files that are unique to the customer I am building a product for. I am trying to place these in the External file section and copy all into a folder called %appdirectory\quads.

If you aren't rebuilding the setup for each installer, and are just replacing these external files with the customer specific version, you need to make sure that the option "Disable CRC check" is enabled in the file Properties > Advanced options.

Disable CRC check
Do not perform the usual CRC value integrity check on the file during installation. In general, you should not turn this option on. The CRC checking that is performed during setup is meant to ensure that your files are properly and completely installed and are not corrupted.

The only reason to turn this option on is if the file that you are installing will change from CD-ROM to CD-ROM and you do not want to re-build the setup each time the file changes. An example of such a file would be a customized data file that changes for each of your customers.

Ulrich