Select Target Folder Issue

tltaylor76 · Post by **tltaylor76** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 3:17 pm

I am experiencing some issues with the folder selection on different computers. I have not been able to reproduce this on my development machine, but I have reproduced it on some of our test machines. Here is the issue:

I have the following preset value that appears in the TARGETDIR variable:

C:\\Program Files\\MyCompany\\MyApplication

I then browse and choose a network (or any other path for that matter) like this:

Z:\\MyNetwork

Here are the results of that browse:

Z:\\MyNetwork\\MyCompany\\MyApplicaiton
Any clue as to what is going on within the folder browse would be appreciated so that I can trouble shoot this issue. FYI, this is not an isolated incident...it is starting to crop of all over the place. I am running version 6.24.

tltaylor76 · Post by **tltaylor76** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 5:35 pm

I don't agree with the way this works, but this is a workaround. InstallAware has the Browse (Select Target Folder) inextricably bound to the TARGETDIR property. By this, I mean that when a Browse is performed, it will take the suffix of the TARGETDIR and tack it onto any value selected.

To work around this problem, save off the TARGETDIR before calling the dialog. Place a temp variable in the textbox that receives the value. After the dialog is hidden, you can then take the temp variable and move it back into TARGETDIR.

MichaelNesmith · Post by **MichaelNesmith** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 10:24 am

It's meant as convenience for the end-user; no need to keep typing in redundant application names for paths...every time the folder is changed.

tltaylor76 · Post by **tltaylor76** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 10:34 am

It might be convenient for the end-user in some cases, but in my humble opinion this should be a setting or a flag. This caused my users a lot of greif and ultimately our support staff.