Folder Defaults AppFolder with current date

[stephanvr]

Hello,

I need to manipulate the default folder AppFolder to %ProgramFilesFolder%\%ProductName%_yyyymmdd

with yyyymmdd is the current date.

I tried it with a custom variable but I'm not able to set it to the current date with "system.getdate(date_fmt_year) + system.getdate(date_fmt_month)+ system.getdate(date_fmt_day)".
It seem that the variable is not "solved", so i get the string "system.getdate(date_fmt_year) ... " in my default folder.

Any ideas?

Thanks
Stephan

[Ulrich]

Please attach your actual project. What you posted there is not valid Lua code.

Ulrich

[stephanvr]

Hi Ulrich,

I solved it in the meantime by adding this code to the 'on next' action of the page before the 'select install folder'-page:

sYY = System.GetDate(DATE_FMT_YEAR);
sMM = System.GetDate(DATE_FMT_MONTH);
sDD = System.GetDate(DATE_FMT_DAY);
sAppFolder = SessionVar.Expand("%ProgramFilesFolder%").."\"..Se ssionVar.Expand("%ProductName%").."_"..sYY..sMM..s DD;
SessionVar.Set("%AppFolder%",sAppFolder);
-- advance to the next screen
Screen.Next();

maybe not as elegant as possible, but it seems to work.

-Stephan