Copy a selected file from command line option or custom dialog to select the file - wix

Question

I am struggling to this with wix. I want to copy a user supplied config file to program data folder. User can either
give file path with msiexec command line parameter
or by selecting the file from open file dialog
Can you give direction to this, please?

Answer 1

If anyone needs, here is my working wxs sample. In command line to set config file use: msiexec /i CONFIGFILE="" /qn
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi">
<Product Id="*" Name="SoftwareProject" Language="1033" Version="1.0.0.0" Manufacturer="SomeCompany GmbH" UpgradeCode="18109D29-BA4A-4514-9365-F18850566492">
<Package InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes" InstallScope="perMachine" />
<MajorUpgrade DowngradeErrorMessage="A newer version of [ProductName] is already installed." />
<MediaTemplate EmbedCab="yes" />
<Property Id="DISABLEADVTSHORTCUTS" Value="1" />
<Property Id="WIXUI_INSTALLDIR" Value="INSTALLFOLDER"/>
<UIRef Id="WixUI_InstallDir" />
<Property Id="CONFIGFILE" />
<WixVariable Id="WixUILicenseRtf" Value="SomeCompanyLicense.rtf" />
<Condition Message="You need to be an administrator to install this product.">Privileged</Condition>
<Feature Id="ProductFeature" Title="SoftwareProject" Level="1">
<ComponentGroupRef Id="ProductComponents" />
<ComponentGroupRef Id="ProgramDataComponents" />
<ComponentRef Id="ApplicationShortcutDesktop" />
</Feature>
<UIRef Id="BrowseForFileDlg"/>
<!--
<InstallUISequence>
<Show Dialog="ConfigDialog" OnExit="success" />
</InstallUISequence>
<InstallExecuteSequence>
<Custom Action="CopyConfigFile" After="CAChooseFile" />
</InstallExecuteSequence>
-->
</Product>
<Fragment>
<Binary Id='ConfigAction_CA' SourceFile="$(var.CustomActionProjectName.TargetDir)\$(var.CustomActionProjectName.TargetName).CA.dll" />
<CustomAction Id='CAChooseFile' BinaryKey='ConfigAction_CA' DllEntry='ChooseConfigFile' Execute="immediate"
Return="check"
Impersonate="no"/>
<UI Id="BrowseForFileDlg">
<Dialog Id="BrowseForFileDlg" Width="370" Height="270" Title="Locate configuration file" KeepModeless="yes">
<Control Id="BannerBitmap" Type="Bitmap" X="0" Y="0" Width="370" Height="44" TabSkip="no" Text="!(loc.InstallScopeDlgBannerBitmap)" />
<Control Id="BannerLine" Type="Line" X="0" Y="44" Width="370" Height="0" />
<Control Id="BottomLine" Type="Line" X="0" Y="234" Width="370" Height="0" />
<Control Id="Description" Type="Text" X="25" Y="23" Width="280" Height="20" Transparent="yes" NoPrefix="yes" Text="Enter the path to the configuration file" />
<Control Id="Title" Type="Text" X="15" Y="6" Width="200" Height="15" Transparent="yes" NoPrefix="yes" Text="{\WixUI_Font_Title}Locate configuration" />
<Control Id="SourceFileLabel" Type="Text" X="20" Y="60" Width="290" Height="32" NoPrefix="yes" Text="Specify the location of the configuration file"/>
<Control Id="SourceFile" Type="Edit" X="20" Y="94" Width="260" Height="18" Property="CONFIGFILE"/>
<Control Id="BrowseSource" Type="PushButton" X="283" Y="94" Width="18" Height="18" Text="..."/>
<Control Id="Back" Type="PushButton" X="80" Y="243" Width="56" Height="17" Text="!(loc.WixUIBack)"/>
<Control Id="UseDefault" Type="PushButton" X="138" Y="243" Width="106" Height="17" Text="Use default configuratoin"/>
<Control Id="Next" Type="PushButton" X="246" Y="243" Width="56" Height="17" Default="yes" Text="!(loc.WixUINext)"/>
<Control Id="Cancel" Type="PushButton" X="304" Y="243" Width="56" Height="17" Cancel="yes" Text="!(loc.WixUICancel)"/>
</Dialog>
<Publish Dialog="BrowseForFileDlg" Control="BrowseSource" Event="DoAction" Value="CAChooseFile" Order="1">1</Publish>
<Publish Dialog="BrowseForFileDlg" Control="BrowseSource" Property="CONFIGFILE" Value="[CONFIGFILE]" Order="2">1</Publish>
<Publish Dialog="LicenseAgreementDlg" Control="Next" Event="NewDialog" Value="BrowseForFileDlg" Order="2">LicenseAccepted="1"</Publish>
<Publish Dialog="BrowseForFileDlg" Control="Back" Event="NewDialog" Value="LicenseAgreementDlg">1</Publish>
<Publish Dialog="BrowseForFileDlg" Control="Next" Event="EndDialog" Value="Return">1</Publish>
<Publish Dialog="BrowseForFileDlg" Control="Cancel" Event="SpawnDialog" Value="CancelDlg">1</Publish>
<Publish Dialog="BrowseForFileDlg" Control="UseDefault" Property="CONFIGFILE" Order="1">1</Publish>
<Publish Dialog="BrowseForFileDlg" Control="UseDefault" Event="EndDialog" Value="Return" Order="2">1</Publish>
</UI>
</Fragment>
<Fragment>
<Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
<Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder">
<Directory Id='SomeCompany' Name='SomeCompany'>
<Directory Id='INSTALLFOLDER' Name='SoftwareProject'>
</Directory>
</Directory>
</Directory>
<Directory Id="CommonAppDataFolder">
<Directory Id='SomeCompanyData' Name='SomeCompany'>
<Directory Id='SoftwareProjectData' Name='SoftwareProject'>
<Directory Id='CONFIGAPPDATAFOLDER' Name='Config' />
</Directory>
</Directory>
</Directory>
<Directory Id="DesktopFolder" Name="Desktop">
<Component Id="ApplicationShortcutDesktop" Guid="{generated guid here}">
<Shortcut Id="ApplicationDesktopShortcut" Name="Launch SoftwareProject" Description="SomeCompany SoftwareProject" Target="[INSTALLFOLDER]SoftwareProject.exe" Arguments="-debug" WorkingDirectory="INSTALLFOLDER"/>
<RemoveFolder Id="DesktopFolder" On="uninstall"/>
<RegistryValue Root="HKCU" Key="Software/SoftwareProject" Name="installed" Type="integer" Value="1" KeyPath="yes"/>
</Component>
</Directory>
</Directory>
<ComponentGroup Id="ProgramDataComponents" Directory="CONFIGAPPDATAFOLDER">
<Component Id="ProgramDataDefaultConfigFile" Guid="{generated guid here}">
<Condition>CONFIGFILE=""</Condition>
<File Id="GCC" Name="SoftwareProjectConfig.json" Source="SoftwareProject\Config\SoftwareProjectConfig.json"/>
</Component>
<Component Id="ProgramDataCustomConfigFile" Guid="{generated guid here}">
<Condition>NOT CONFIGFILE=""</Condition>
<CopyFile Id="CopyConfigFile" SourceProperty="CONFIGFILE"
DestinationDirectory="CONFIGAPPDATAFOLDER" DestinationName="SoftwareProjectConfig.json" />
</Component>
</ComponentGroup>
</Fragment>
</Wix>