How to add sub-folder with its files inside the installation folder

Swapan Das
8th November 2005 08:37 UTC

How to add sub-folder with its files inside the installation folder
I want to add my sub-folder say "Samples" inside my main installation folder
(INSTDIR) say "C:\DemoTransport". my sub-folder("Samples")contains around
2o files. My current coding is installing all the files of my sub-folder
to the main installation folder ("C:\DemoTransport") only.
How can I overcome it?

Section "Complete" SEC01
SetOutPath "$INSTDIR"
SetOverwrite ifnewer
File "AppFolder\Transport.exe"
CreateDirectory "$SMPROGRAMS\DemoTransport"
;CreateDirectory "$SMPROGRAMS\DemoTransport\Samples"
CreateShortCut "$SMPROGRAMS\DemoTransport\DatabaseManager.lnk" "$INSTDIR\DBMngr.exe"
CreateShortCut "$SMPROGRAMS\DemoTransport\DemoTransport.lnk" "$INSTDIR\Transport.exe"
CreateShortCut "$DESKTOP\DemoTransport.lnk" "$INSTDIR\Transport.exe"
File "AppFolder\DBMngr.exe"
File "AppFolder\SFormat.TXT"
File "AppFolder\DemoTransport.chm"
CreateShortCut "$SMPROGRAMS\DemoTransport\Help.lnk" "$INSTDIR\DemoTransport.chm"
SetOverwrite try
File "AppFolder\Samples\B001.TXT"
File "AppFolder\Samples\B002.TXT"
File "AppFolder\Samples\B005.TXT"
File "AppFolder\Samples\B007.TXT"

Swapan Das
8th November 2005 11:10 UTC

Until anyone of you help me out, I've written one crude solution for it. But please let me know the exact method.

The following example helps in creating sub-folder by the name "Samples" and copies all the reqd. files to it.

The crude solution which is working for me is :

Section "-Create Samples Folder"
CreateDirectory "$INSTDIR\Samples"
;MessageBox MB_ICONINFORMATION|MB_OK "$INSTDIR\Samples"
CopyFiles "$INSTDIR\*.FUS*" "$INSTDIR\Samples"
CopyFiles "$INSTDIR\*.XLS*" "$INSTDIR\Samples"
CopyFiles "$INSTDIR\*.BAK*" "$INSTDIR\Samples"
CopyFiles "$INSTDIR\*.INI*" "$INSTDIR\Samples"
Delete $INSTDIR\*.FUS
Delete $INSTDIR\*.XLS
Delete $INSTDIR\*.BAK
Delete $INSTDIR\*.INI
CopyFiles "$INSTDIR\Samples\Sformat.FUS" "$INSTDIR"
SectionEnd

Animaether
8th November 2005 13:10 UTC

You need to change the output path for the source files that would go into the Samples subdirectory:

SetOutPath "$INSTDIR\\Samples"

>SetOverwrite try

>File "AppFolder\\Samples\\B001.TXT"

>File "AppFolder\\Samples\\B002.TXT"

>File "AppFolder\\Samples\\B005.TXT"

>File "AppFolder\\Samples\\B007.TXT"

Swapan Das
9th November 2005 10:37 UTC

Dear Animaether,
Thanks for your help.
It worked!