Setting 'Target' of an ini-file to [COMPUTERNAME]

[rolf_wey]

Hello everyone,

in my Basic MSI Project I inserted an ini-file in the 'INI File Changes' view.
On the target system the ini-file should be created in a subfolder of the [INSTALLDIR]. Subfolders name should be the name of the computer. So I set the 'Target'-property of the ini-file to '[INSTALLDIR]blabla\[COMPUTERNAME]'. At runtime the installer created the folder '...\blabla\[COMPUTERNAME]'. I was hoping to find a folder '...\blabla\rwe-pc', because the name of the computer was 'rwe-pc'.

I also tried to set the 'Target' property of the ini-file to

• '[INSTALLDIR]blabla\%COMPUTERNAME%'
  
• '[INSTALLDIR]blabla\[%COMPUTERNAME%]'
  
• 
  

and so on, nothing helps.

If anyone knows to resolve the problem please let me know.

[Dan_Galender]

Slight syntax problem. Try

[INSTALLDIR]blabla\[%COMPUTERNAME]

or

[INSTALLDIR]blabla\[ComputerName]

either should work equally well.

[rolf_wey]

DanGalender wrote:
Slight syntax problem. Try

[INSTALLDIR]blabla\[%COMPUTERNAME]

or

[INSTALLDIR]blabla\[ComputerName]

either should work equally well.

Thanks for reply, but: doesn't work :mad:



I think that InstallShield is not able to solve or to redirect the syntax at this place.

Any other suggestions?

[jaybee96]

1. Create custom Action ( 35)
Directory Name = PCNAME
Directory Value = [INSTALLDIR]blabla\[ComputerName]
place this in the sequence before InstallInitialize



2. Go to your ini file and change the target to [PCNAME]

works fine.

Jeroen

[rolf_wey]

jaybee96 wrote:
1. Create custom Action ( 35)
Directory Name = PCNAME
Directory Value = [INSTALLDIR]blabla\[ComputerName]
place this in the sequence before InstallInitialize



2. Go to your ini file and change the target to [PCNAME]

works fine.

Jeroen

Hi Jeroen,
works fine, thanks a lot 😄