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Editing Variables

Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 12:30 pm
by ManishDev
I am using InstallAware Studio 9 R2

I have a variables like -> $VENDOR$ & $VENDORURL$ <-- referenced all over my project

How do I change the values for these variables? I have looked all over the project and cannot find any way to do so.

I am a convert from Installshield, where there was a screen for modifying the values for all the variables in the project. Is there such a screen in InstallAware Studio 9 R2?

Thank you for your help.

Re: Editing Variables

Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 1:08 pm
by giaviv
Hi,

I am afraid there is no direct way to convert all the names within InstallAware.
That being said, here is what I usually do:
Open the .mia file that contains your variable with a text editor (even notepad will do).
Replace all instances of the old variable name with the new name and save - that does the trick!

Re: Editing Variables

Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 2:32 pm
by ManishDev
that's what I ended up doing. was just wondering if I was missing something.

Thanks for the reply.

Re: Editing Variables

Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 8:46 am
by ManishDev
giaviv wrote:Hi,

I am afraid there is no direct way to convert all the names within InstallAware.
That being said, here is what I usually do:
Open the .mia file that contains your variable with a text editor (even notepad will do).
Replace all instances of the old variable name with the new name and save - that does the trick!
Is there any way to do this in newer versions of InstallAware?

Re: Editing Variables

Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 12:05 pm
by giaviv
Unfortunately no there is not.