I require a MSI Custom action that copies a file from the MSI source directory

Question

I\'m creating a installer for a c# windows project using VS 2008. I\'m trying to write a custom action that copies a settings file from the source directory of the MSI file

Answer 1

Normally custom actions in WindowsInstaller use something from the tables of the msi to put something into any table of the msi.

Additionally the WindowsInstaller-Team declines any managed extensions for the installers, reasons for that are found everywhere on the net.

But, I did some time ago figure out an extension to create managed custom actions for WindowsInstallers, usable with WiX, that works still, but there is a newer solution on top of that work, a real extension for WiX to allow managed custom actions.