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Posted: **Mon Nov 21, 2011 5:56 am**

Hi guys,

I can't figure out how to get path to the parent folder using InstallAware.

E.g.
I have

Set Variable FOLDER_1 to C:\FolderA\FolderB

What I want is just a

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Set Variable FOLDER_2 to C:\FolderA\tmp, using FOLDER_1

So I wrote line:

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Set Variable FOLDER_2 to $FOLDER_1$\..\tmp

But during installation wizard says that it does not understand ".." symbol
Using Set Variable FOLDER_1 to C:\FolderA first, and then adding FolderB is not an option.

Posted: **Mon Nov 21, 2011 8:34 am**

Hi,

You can use the Parse String command with the last occurrence parameter:

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~InstallAware Clipboard Data~
~MessageBox~
~{04422F85-662D-4C5B-B419-BEA24654DEF8}~
~$PATH$~
~~
~0~
~1~
~~
~Parse String~
~{D8C15FB3-E50B-48EA-8108-DACB93F8FFA8}~
~$FILENAME$~
~\~
~PATH~
~FILE~
~1~
~FALSE~
~FALSE~
~Set Variable~
~{54A3E183-DC2E-4AFD-895E-C12C29BC4D45}~
~FILENAME$MYAH$MYAH$FALSE~
~C:\InstallAware\test~

Posted: **Tue Nov 22, 2011 4:32 am**

Its working! thanks!

Posted: **Tue Nov 22, 2011 8:07 pm**

Great! No problem.

Posted: **Tue Dec 06, 2011 5:56 pm**

Also, FYI, you can use the MSIcode Extract Path command to achieve the same thing.

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