Unlike Advanced Installer's regular files or resources, "Temporary Files" are copied on the target machine at the beginning of the installation and are deleted at the end of it, ensuring you have access to them throughout the entire install process.
Temporary Files are copied during the CostFinalize
standard action, at the beginning of the setup and removed during the
InstallFinalize standard action.
In order to easily recognize them they have the following icon:
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Adding Temporary Files
Use the toolbar
button, the “Add Temporary Files...” tree/list context menu
item. You can add more than one file at a time. If a file with the
same name already exists in the target directory, the file to be added
is skipped.
Setting temporary file properties
Use the
toolbar button, the
“Properties...” list context menu item, press the
Enter key while a temporary file is selected in
the “Files” panel or double click on a file. The
Edit Temporary File Dialog will be
displayed allowing you to edit the temporary file
properties.
Renaming temporary files
Use the “Rename” context menu item or press the F2 key.
Moving temporary files to a different folder
Select the items to be moved then drag and drop them to the target folder.
Removing temporary files
Use the
toolbar button, the “Delete” tree/list context menu item,
or press the Delete key while a temporary file is
selected.
Topics
- Edit Temporary File Dialog
Specify settings for temporary files.