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kozlov_vital
Pilgrim
‎Sep 29, 2017 08:21 AM

How to link to the installation media

I have InstallScript MSI Project. In SupportFiles/Billboards I've added some directories to Advanced Files/Disk1. How can I link to this folders in my InstallScripts? For example I need to make
lstDirs = MakeDirList('My Folder'^sDir);
What must I put instead of 'My Folder'?
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ch_eng
Flexera beginner
‎Oct 02, 2017 10:30 AM

Re: How to link to the installation media

kozlvov_vital,

If these files are in your "Support Files" for the project, you should be able to access them in InstallScript via something like:

lstDirs = MakeDirList( SUPPORTDIR ^ sDir );


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kozlov_vital
Pilgrim
‎Oct 02, 2017 10:40 AM

Re: How to link to the installation media

ch_eng,

These files are not in SupportFiles, but in AdvancedFiles, so they wouldn't copy to the "SUPPORTDIR".
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ch_eng
Flexera beginner
‎Oct 02, 2017 11:53 AM

Re: How to link to the installation media

kozlov_vital,

Apologies. In that case, it would be something like the following:


	NUMBER	nLength;
	STRING	szExePath;

	nLength = MAX_PATH + 1;
	MsiGetProperty( ISMSI_HANDLE, "SETUPEXEDIR", szExePath, nLength );

	lstDirs = MakeDirList( szExePath ^ sDir );



sources:

http://helpnet.installshield.com/installshield21helplib/helplibrary/SETUPEXEDIR.htm
https://web.archive.org/web/20070417154102/http://www.installshield.com/news/newsletter/0206-article...

HTH

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kozlov_vital
Pilgrim
‎Oct 03, 2017 04:06 AM

Re: How to link to the installation media

ch_eng,

Thank you - that what I missed.
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