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[Edmundo]

Hi All,

Can anyone please help me with the following problem?

Issue: I'm using Installshield v5.5 to create a setup routine, I have created two shortcuts for this routine one in START > PROGRAMS and the other on the DESKTOP.

Problem: I have declared a global variable (gvProgRootDir) in the setup.rul script. This variable is populated with the value of an AskPath function, which in my case is D:\91b\. However when I add gvProgRootDir to the target of the shortcut's it doesn't pick up  the value D:\91b\ as required, it enters C:\ as the default. Below is an example of the target for both shortcuts:

<gvProgRootDir>\bin\prowin32.exe

Question: Can anyone tell me why the target is picking up C:\ instead of D:\91b\ as required?

All help is greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.

[Stefan Krueger]

How do you create your shortcuts? On the resources pane, or with AddFolderIcon?

[Edmundo]

I've created the shortcuts in the resources pane, under the Shell Objects > Explorer Shell. Should I be using the AddFolderIcon?

Thanks Stefan,

[Stefan Krueger]

Did you create <gvProgRootDir> as destination directory for a component, and are you calling Component SetTarget for it? (This is required if you are using the resources pane).
With AddFolderIcon it would be enough to set gvProgRootDir to the correct path, like here:

gvProgRootDir = "D:\\91b\\" ;
szPath = gvProgRootDir ^ "bin\\prowin32.exe";

then use szPath in AddFolderIcon.

[Edmundo]

Hi All,

I used the function AddFolderIcon, as per Stefan's suggestion  to create two shortcuts, one in START > PROGRAMS and the other on the DESKTOP.  Here is the code I used.

AddFolderIcon ( FOLDER_DESKTOP , "Trax.50" , ProgRootDir + "bin\\prowin32.exe", TARGETDIR + "\\temp" , TARGETDIR + "\\bitmaps\\Traxlogo.ico" , 0 , "" , NULL );

AddFolderIcon ( FOLDER_PROGRAMS , "Trax.50" , gvProgRootDir + "bin\\prowin32.exe" , TARGETDIR + "\\temp" , TARGETDIR + "\\bitmaps\\Traxlogo.ico" , 0 , "" , NULL );

Thanks Stefan,