Remove \\\\ from path variable

[zchris]

I found that the TARGETDIR variable will sometimes contain a double \\ (like c:\\Program Files\\\\MyApp)

I don't want to use

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Set Variable TARGETDIR = $PROGRAMFILES$$TITLE$

because I'm not sure that $PROGRAMFILES$ will always end with \\.

As a workaround I tried

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Set Variable TARGETDIR = $PROGRAMFILES$\\$TITLE$\\X
Extract File Folder: TARGETDIR

however this left me with a \\ at the end (c:\\Program Files\\MyApp\\).

So finally

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Set Variable PROGRAMFILES = $PROGRAMFILES$\\X
Extract File Folder: PROGRAMFILES
Set Variable TARGETDIR = $PROGRAMFILES$$TITLE$


seems to do the trick. Did I overlook something?

[sinan]

Very acute observations Your methods are 100% correct.

Please note that the double slashes are automatically eliminated by all InstallAware scripting functions (including default InstallAware plug-ins).

So an alternate approach would be, if I am guessing correctly, to handle double slashes in your plugins, replacing each instance of \\\\ with \\, and this would make your setup script look cleaner.

[zchris]

Good idea! I'll add that to EditFile.

However it would still be nice to be able to remove the \\\\ from within IA script (I'm using $TARGETDIR$ in a messagebox that informs the user that his old database was renamed).

Could you add either a new command or an option to the Set Variable command?

Thanks.

[sinan]

Good suggestion - a new parameter for Extract File Path maybe?