Setup Directory

[JohnD]

I would like to automate the location of my setup file location, which would be the equivalent of doing

Project\Settings\OutputSettings\Output Folder

c:\Mysetup\%ISODate%

so that the setup folder changes for each installation.

However the output folder box does not like the %ISODate%, and is not replaced with
c:\Mysetup\2000-01-16
which is what I am after.

Can anyone help?

[Lorne]

Re: Setup Directory

%ISODate% won't work for this purpose, because variables aren't expanded until run time.

Use the design-time constant #ISODate# instead, and it will work fine.

For more information on variables and design-time constants, see the command reference or read Chapters 2 and 14 in the amazingly, brilliantly and wonderfully gigantic user's guide.

[JohnD]

Re: Setup Directory

Thanks Lorna,

Brilliant just what I wanted, I was using the .PDF Help as manual that I had printed out, and it did not have the #ISODate#.
I have ammended the path to

C:\T3\#ISODate#.#CurrentHour##CurrentMinute#
Which results in
C:\T3\2002-01-16.1630

This means that we can now have an archive of previous releases even if more than one a day is done (We com components that develop internally for another department).

SetUp Factory certainly beats Wise for ease of use and flexibility.

John

Originally posted by Lorne:
%ISODate% won't work for this purpose, because variables aren't expanded until run time.

Use the design-time constant #ISODate# instead, and it will work fine.

For more information on variables and design-time constants, see the command reference or read Chapters 2 and 14 in the amazingly, brilliantly and wonderfully gigantic user's guide.