Destination path not as expected after browsing, first run.

[NickDay]

Hi,

It's been a while since I posted on these forums, since I have been happily using InstallAware without significant problems.

A customer is reporting a problem. He says that the first time my installer is run on his PC, the initial path shown in the destination dialog is e.g.
C:\myCompany\myProduct v1.0
That is fine.
He then uses the "Change..." button and browses to another location, e.g. C:\myCompany\myProduct v1.1
After pressing "OK" on the Browse dialog, the path shown on the destination dialog is:
C:\myCompany\myProduct v1.1\myProduct v1.0
It should be the path he browsed to, C:\myCompany\myProduct v1.1
He says it only occurs the first time the installer is run on a particular PC. If he installs, uninstalls, and installs again, the path is correct after browsing.

This seems to be out of my hands as it's 'within' the Display Dialog call, so I'm wondering if it's a problem in InstallAware and if so whether there is a workaround.
I don't have custom settings on the dialog. I am using InstallAware 12 (Moooya 8.4.11).

Any ideas please?

Regards,
Nick

[FrancescoT]

Dear Nick,

honestly, I don't find the same and by design with InstallAware, the project destination folder it is always added to user selection if selected with Browsing (...Unless you have modified the default behaviour with saving and loading the target folder value).

Anyway, have you personally verified it?

Regards

[NickDay]

Hi Francesco,

Many thanks for your reply. No, I did not verify it myself, as the customer found it only occurred on a 'new' PC. I did try building my installer with different product code, which I thought should do the same thing (no history for that installer on that PC) but did not see the problem.

Your reply tells me that this is not a known problem in InstallAware, so thank you.

Best regards,

Nick

[FrancescoT]