Copy Hidden Files in Inno Setup

Question

How to use hidden external copies of files in Inno Setup? Do not hide the file, but work with hidden files. Because for now: hidden files are ignored

Any help? Thanks)

[Files] Source: "{src}\folder\*"; DestDir: "{app}"; \ Flags: skipifsourcedoesntexist external ignoreversion recursesubdirs createallsubdirs; 

Answer 1

When you select files in the [Files] section entry with a wildcard, the Inno Setup installer explicitly skips hidden files.

There is nothing you can do about it.

See RecurseExternalCopyFiles in Projects\Install.pas , especially in this part:

 if SourceIsWildcard then begin if FindData.dwFileAttributes and FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN <> 0 then Continue; { <-- Skip hidden files, comment by @MartinPrikryl } FileName := FindData.cFileName; end else FileName := SearchWildcard; { use the case specified in the script } 

(This is for external files, just like what you use. But for compile-time files, this is the same. See BuildFileList in Compile.pas ).

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All you can do is install in the [Code] script yourself, instead of using the [Files] section.

 procedure CurStepChanged(CurStep: TSetupStep); begin if CurStep = ssInstall then begin Log('Installing files'); DirectoryCopy(ExpandConstant('{src}\folder'), ExpandConstant('{app}')); end; end; 

To implement DirectoryCopy see my answer to the Inno Setup question : copy the folder, subfolders, and files recursively into the code section .

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For compile-time files (without external ), you can generate a list of records [Files] using the FindFirst preprocessor function .