New folder for cloned dialog

[John_Nero]

Installshield 2012 Professional Edition

I did a clone of InstallChangeFolder and want to specify another destination folder in the _BrowsePrperty field (event?) of the change folder.

How do I create a folder like INSTALLDIR? I asumed that it is posible in the Path Variables section but unfortunately I'm not able to create this.

[MichaelU]

I would generally suggest using the Files and Folders view to create a new folder on the target machine. Once you create that, right click it and select Properties to find or change its Directory Identifier; this is also the property you need to reference in the other dialog.

[John_Nero]

Yep, that did the trick. I created a folder SpoolFolder and in the properties the location is [SPOOLFOLDER]. I changed the BroweProperty to [SPOOLFOLDER]
However wthen I run the installer the folder is c:\My ProductName\.
What must I do more?

[skolte]

Under Installation Information > General Information tab look for INSTALLDIR, it must be set to [ProgramFilesFolder]My Product Name. Set it to [SPOOLFOLDER].

[MichaelU]

Also, make sure you created the folder under the INSTALLDIR folder if you want it to default to that location, or override the default with a property or custom action. (Watch out with the custom action approach, though, as you probably don't want to prevent someone from changing it at the command-line.)

[John_Nero]

I successfully cloned the dialog and created a folder newfolder under the INSTALLDIR.
The _BrowseProperty of the Change button points to NEWFOLDER as seen in the properties of this folder.
Every thing works as it should be, I can browse to it etc. but how do I get the contents of it? It isn't @NEWFOLDER or [NEWFOLDER].

I need this value in my installscript (setup.rul).

[John_Nero]

Solved, I use MsiGetProprerty to get the value out of it....

MsiGetProperty(ISMSI_HANDLE, "NEWDIR", szSpoolDir, nSize);