I need to copy external file, which location I acquire from dialog. File should be copied on installation, so I'm trying to use CopyFile element. Problem is, that SourceProperty for CopyFile is not set when installer starts, so it throws Error 1606. Could not access network location . after CostFinalize. I assume, that installer is trying to acquire size of external file. Is there any way to force installer to not compute size of CopyFile element, or I must implement custom action for copying of file, so Installer would not know about it?
My file component:
<Component Id="ConfigurationIniFileDeploy" Directory="APPLICATIONFOLDER" Guid="MY-GUID">
<CopyFile Id="ConfigurationIniFileCopy" SourceProperty="WIXUI_INI_LOCATION" DestinationProperty="APPLICATIONFOLDER"/>
</Component>
Property filled in dialog before installation:
<Property Id="WIXUI_INI_LOCATION" Value=" " />
Documentation specifies for SourceProperty:
The property does not have to exist in the installer database at creation time; it could be created at installation time by a custom action, on the command line, etc
Shouldn't be installer ignoring it by default?
My version of toolset: WiX v3.10.3 (Stable)
