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[ameer]

Good morning,

Can anyone help me on the below.

I have file in my [INSTALLDIR] with name testfile.asa and I have two hardcoded strngs - String1 and String2 in that file. I would like to replace these strings as per user input. For this I have created a Custom diaog to accept the values. from here I am unable to proceed further to replcae these values in my file.

Can you please do the needful.

Warm Regards,
Ameer

[ameer]

I am using the below code for the above

\*--------------------------------------------------------------*/
#define SOURCE_DIR INSTALLDIR
#define SOURCE_FILE "global.asa"

#include "Ifx.h"
export prototype globalsettings(HWND);

function globalsettings(hMSI)
STRING svLine, szNewString, svReturnLine, szMsg, svResult;
NUMBER nvLineNumber, nvResult;
begin
// Find the search string in the source file.
nvResult = FileGrep (SOURCE_DIR ^ SOURCE_FILE, "ameer" , svReturnLine, nvLineNumber, RESTART);
switch(nvResult)
case FILE_NOT_FOUND:
// Report error; then abort.
MessageBox( SOURCE_FILE + " not found.", WARNING);
abort;
case FILE_LINE_LENGTH:
// Report error; then abort.
MessageBox (SOURCE_FILE + "lines too long.", WARNING);
abort;
case OTHER_FAILURE:
// Report error; then abort.
MessageBox (SOURCE_FILE + "Unknown failure on call to FileGrep.",
WARNING);
abort;
endswitch;
// Loop until end of file.
while (nvResult != END_OF_FILE)
// Set up message string for SprintfBox.
szMsg = "'ameer' found in line %d of %s:\n\n'%s'";


// Report matching line from file.
SprintfBox (INFORMATION, "SISWeb Info", szMsg, nvLineNumber, SOURCE_FILE, svReturnLine);
// Search again.
nvResult = FileGrep (SOURCE_DIR ^ SOURCE_FILE, "ameer" , svReturnLine, nvLineNumber, CONTINUE);

endwhile;
StrReplace (svReturnLine , "ameer" , "suhaan" , 0);end;


anything wrong in the above script. I am getting the string through message box but it is not getting replcaed. can anyone help me..plz

[Stefan Krueger]

Add some debugging to your script, like a MessageBox that would display the value of SOURCE_DIR ^ SOURCE_FILE . Then check if the file is actually there.

When are you calling this script? Before or after InstallFinalize? Immediate or Deferred?