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[Anatoly]

Hi, All!

I need to create a package for an application. This application is an addin for an other application which is already installed. I have to use a COM-dll to get an install path for my application.
Here is the setup sequence:
- unpack and register a dll;
- get a destination path from the dll;
- unregister and kill the dll file;
- install my application in a specified path.
How can I do this using MSI? There is no any custom action before unpack

I use MS Visual Studio.NET to create the setup.

Thanks.

[Stefan Krueger]

Of course you can run a custom action before the file copy happens. It's just the Visual Studio IDE that doesn't let you do this. You will have to use Orca or a full featured MSI authoring tool.

[Anatoly]

Thank You very much! This is very useful information for me.