[wix-users] SourceDir not available in Silent mode

[Joel Budreau]

What does your Directory table look like? In your log file, do you see SourceDir (or its parent directory) getting populated during the InstallUISequence, but not during the InstallExecuteSequence?

- Joel

> On Sep 13, 2017, at 11:05 AM, Marc Beaudry via wix-users <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello Wix Experts,
> 
> I have an MSI that executes correctly when running in "Normal" mode, meaning
> with UI.
> 
> When I run the same MSI in silent mode I get a SourceDir error
> Error code 2706: Source paths not created. No path exists for entry [2] in
> Directory table.
> 
> I know where my error comes from:
> <CopyFile Id="CopyVersionFileId" SourceProperty="SourceDir"
> SourceName="Versions.txt" DestinationProperty="MYDESTPATH"
> DestinationName="Versions.txt"/>
> 
> My Question: 
> - Can this be done using my approach, or do I need to write a CA for this?
> - Can I delay the check of SourceDir in Silent mode so it behaves like
> published mode.
> 
> The Problem:
> I need to copy a simple text file that gets generated once all the various
> MSIs and other installers get created to a folder on the destination system.
> I chose one of the MSIs to do this, copy from source folder to destination
> folder. 
> 
> Let me know 
> Thanks for the help,
> Marc
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