How to change source path in IA project file other than GUI

[kishore_kotta]

I have created InstallaAnywhere project file after that i would like to run it from the command prompt using python scripting lnaguage.
After created project file, i didn't find any pysical locations in IA project file(eg: D:\Test\sample.txt).

1. How to change sourcepath locations in IA project file other than in GUI-->Preferences-->Sourcepath as i want to run from command prompt.
2. How to change Speed folder source and target locations in IA project file other than GUI-->Preferences-->sourcepath as i want to run from command prompt.
3. Where exactly stored these pysical locations and let me know the file names to modify these paths?

Thanks in Advance. Please help me...

[pv7721]

Could you please refrain from opening over and over a new thread with basically the same issue, but only refined further?

1. I've already answered that, open your existing .iap_xml project and check the XML structure. You'll find the references to source paths, and then it's a search and replace problem.
2. Same as 1.
3. I don't understand what do you mean by "Where exactly stored these pysical locations"? The physical locations of what?!?

[dherren]

InstallAnywhere will pick up environment variables that are prepended with "IA_PATH_", this provides another solution to the one that pv has suggested. Whatever paths you use in your project, set them in your environment with 'IA_PATH_' prepended to them, and specifying the path locations that you want. I believe the variables have to then be undefined in the project itself, and you'll probably want to turn off the 'verify resources' option in the preferences.

For my projects I use the 'ant' api, and specify a STAGE_ROOT location. All of the resources are based off of that so I only need one environment variable.

Example: I export IA_PATH_STAGEROOT=/build/ia/installers/stage

In the project I refer to this location as $STAGEROOT$

[jack_bauer]

I have two questions based on dherren's response.

1. If a source path is set up as $STAGEROOT$ but there is also an environment variable %IA_PATH_STAGEROOT%, which takes precedence?

2. How do you export an environment variable from ant? Is the exported environment variable local or does the change remain outside of the ant script? I would just use the property task to set it - I believe that is local only, but I imagine it works.

Thanks.