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Need to Copy Folders In Maintenance Mode..

I have an issue with an installer which copies fileS AND folders  to C:\PROGRAMfILES\tomcat\webapps\[USERNAME1]\ during first install. I want to copy the same files and folders to C:\PROGRAMfILES\tomcat\webapps\[USERNAME2]\ during Maintenance "Reinstall" Mode. Or I need to change the INSTALLDIR to USERNAME2 FROM USERNAME1 DURING mAINTENANCE MODE. I think there is someone who encountered and solved this. USERNAME1 and USERNAME2 are user inputs...


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Posted by: EVEEN 10 years ago
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Doing this through an msi is not an easy feat, especially if you want to capture user input. Other question: how do you trigger the maintenance mode. It isn't like a self-heal that runs automatically.

Is there a need to do this through windows installer? The only way to consitently trigger maintenance is to include a component with with a non-permanent key-file. Then however each application start triggers maintenance. From a user experience not nice.

The result you want can be achieved with a config shortcut you create that triggers a script to ask for user input and then copies the files. This can be run on demand. Just make sure the users have RW acces rights to the C:\Program Files\tomcat\webapps folder.

good luck deveeloping the solution.

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