Temporary Files Operations in the Files and Folders Page
Unlike Advanced Installer's regular files or resources, "Temporary Files" are copied on the target machine at the beginning of the installation and are deleted at the end of it, ensuring you have access to them throughout the entire install process.
Temporary Files are copied during the CostFinalize
standard action, at the beginning of the setup and removed during the
InstallFinalize standard action.
In order to easily recognize them they have the following icon:
Adding Temporary Files
Use the toolbar button, the “Add Temporary
Files...” tree/list context menu item. You can add more than one
file at a time. If a file with the same name already exists in the
target directory, the file to be added is skipped.
To add an entire folder with all its files as temporary,
see Folder Operations in the Files and Folders Page - VSIX Project.
Setting temporary file properties
Use the
toolbar button, the
“Properties...” list context menu item, press the
Enter key while a temporary file is selected in
the “Files” panel or double click on a file. The Edit Temporary File Dialog will be displayed
allowing you to edit the temporary file properties.
Renaming temporary files
Use the “Rename” context menu item or press the F2 key.
Moving temporary files to a different folder
Select the items to be moved then drag and drop them to the target folder.
Removing temporary files
Use the
toolbar button, the “Delete” tree/list context menu item, or
press the Delete key while a temporary file is
selected.
Topics
- Edit Temporary File Dialog
Specify settings for temporary files.