I have an installation that installs into two directories in the program files folder. One directory is set to be the [installdir] and the other is just a plain folder in the setuppackage. example:
[drive]
[program files]
<folder 1>
<folder 2>[install dir]
When an installation is run, and the drive letter to be installed to is changed (F: instead of C: for example), the [install dir] directory follows to F: however <folder 1> still installs to C:...
How can i get both folders to have the [install dir] name, or at least follow the functionality associated with it? Thanks for any help!
-Rob
Installshield 2008
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multiple directories not following drive letter
Started by
robqa
, Nov 07 2007 20:39
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Stefan Krueger
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Posted 10 November 2007 - 13:07
If the user changed INSTALLDIR this will affaect other directories below it, but not its siblings. Maybe your structure should look like:
[drive]
[program files]=INSTALLDIR
<folder 1>
<folder 2>
Thus your users can change the INSTALLDIR location but they will always keep the folder structure below it.
To do this, your features should use INSTALLDIR as target (so that users can change it) and the component should use [INSTALLDIR]folder 1 etc. as destination (note that [INSTALLDIR] already includes a trailing backslash).
[drive]
[program files]=INSTALLDIR
<folder 1>
<folder 2>
Thus your users can change the INSTALLDIR location but they will always keep the folder structure below it.
To do this, your features should use INSTALLDIR as target (so that users can change it) and the component should use [INSTALLDIR]folder 1 etc. as destination (note that [INSTALLDIR] already includes a trailing backslash).
Stefan Krüger
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