Pattern matching during checking for existence of a FILE?
Hi Friends, I am using InstallAnywhere 2009 and I should say it is awesome installer kit. i worked on Installshield and Install4J also a little.. overall i like InstallAnywhere...
I have a typical requirement to be able to use PATTERN MATCHING to identify existence of a FILE and also capture the name of the FILE in a variable so that i can use it later..
Here is my scenario:
I need to create an installer for a product which support MULTIPLE VERSIONS of an API, like sdkapiv1.jar, sdkapiv1_3.jar, sdkapiv1_3_build2.jar, etc, whose existence need to be verified from a USER SELECTED DIRECTORY during installation. The pattern is sdkapiv followed by any string and .jar something like sdkapiv*.jar
I want to create my installer in such a way that i can use it to check if a file matching pattern exists in the folder selected by user sdkapiv*.jar and also want to KNOW the file name so that I can ADD in CLASS PATH file during end of installation.
Just wanted to check from experts of InstallAnywhere.. if whatever i am thinking is POSSIBLE or not? If so, how i can accomplish it in InstallAnywhere 2009. If not in 2009 does it exists in 2010 or 2011?
Eagerly waiting for your inputs and guidance on how i can handle this.
