install path folder

[dan37_123]

Hi i have a simple problem:

i need to first scan for a program say;
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\DANIEL

if it exists i have to install my program to c:\daniel\INSTALL HERE

any help would be appreciated.

thanks a lot pit for earlier help.

dan

[Lorne]

Re: install path folder

That is simple.

Just use a Read from registry action to set a variable like %MyInstallPath% to the value found at that Registry key, and then install the program to %MyInstallPath% instead of to "c:\daniel\INSTALL HERE".

For more info on this stuff, see the User's Guide and the online Command Reference (that both ship with the product).


[This message has been edited by Lorne (edited 01-21-2002).]

[dan37_123]

Re: install path folder

Hi Lorne,

Thanks. I am evaluating SF 6.0 so that i can migrate from IS5.5.

So far SF looks really a great product. except for the documentation.

May i ask you a question about variables, values etcs.,

[Lorne]

Re: install path folder

Originally posted by dan37_123:
So far SF looks really a great product. except for the documentation.

Have you read the documentation? What parts of the User's Guide did you not find helpful?

May i ask you a question about variables, values etcs.,

Sure, go right ahead. But pretty much everything you need to know is explained in the User's Guide and the online command reference...

[csd214]

Re: install path folder

Originally posted by dan37_123:
So far SF looks really a great product. except for the documentation.

Just a comment: I should be happy if my own user guides and help files had the same quality as the Setup Factory's! They are well structured (as the software itself, and the layout is "clean" (easy to read. I haven't found a single broken context-id!