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[Anthony Hughes]

I need to pass a data file to a support exe that I have stored in the binary table but I can't figure out how.

i.e I need a custom action that does the equivalent of

myprogram.exe mydata.dat

where mydata.dat exists uncompressed in the same working directory as myprogram.exe

How do I achieve this?

many thanks
Anthony

[Stefan Krueger]

You must extract the data file from the binary table in a custom action (unless you are using InstallShield Developer 7 which can do this automatically for you). In InstallShield Winodws Installer Edition there's a sample "StreamFileFromBinary"