Destination Folder

[npf]

(1) If the Destination Folder does not exist, installation actions will automatically create their required target folders. Is it possible to ask the user, if he wants to create the new folder or not.

(2) If it is not possible to create the Destination Folder (e.g. wrong format, no permission, …) the setup does not stop! What can I do to reask the user for a new valid Destination Folder.

[FrancescoT]

Dear User,

(1) If the Destination Folder does not exist, installation actions will automatically create their required target folders. Is it possible to ask the user, if he wants to create the new folder or not.

You could place a MessageBox just after your Destination Dialog (in a loop), to ask for a confirmation to your user;

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label: Destination Directory
Set Variable MYCONTINUE to NO
while Variable MYCONTINUE Equals NO loop
  Display Dialog: destination, wait for dialog to return (modal)
   
  if Variable WIZARD Equals NEXT
    Set Variable PATH_EXIST to FALSE
    Does Folder Exist $TARGETDIR$ (get result into variable PATH_EXIST)
     
    if Variable PATH_EXIST Equals FALSE
      MessageBox: Debug, Path doesn't exist, do you want to create it?
    else
      Set Variable MYCONTINUE to YES
    end
     
  else
    Set Variable MYCONTINUE to YES
  end
wend

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~InstallAware Clipboard Data~
~Wend~
~{7C890109-24E3-40CD-AFB3-92DF8F695CF8}~
~End~
~{25454902-407E-49EB-A1EB-3F9B39E10ECB}~
~Set Variable~
~{F1F59BC9-2DB1-4833-BF4E-2ED9BC9D027E}~
~MYCONTINUE$MYAH$MYAH$FALSE~
~YES~
~Else~
~{5C68AA6B-936E-4488-9D02-B1FC3FA0AB96}~
~Comment~
~{E3BF3935-A674-498F-BB0B-F94D00BFC04D}~
~~
~End~
~{9EE43A17-8987-4BBC-A775-3C5D25CDFB0E}~
~Set Variable~
~{F952C9F7-21D3-49C4-9600-0EFBC73F88DB}~
~MYCONTINUE$MYAH$MYAH$FALSE~
~YES~
~Else~
~{1AFB2F33-A81C-40FE-B6AD-449C2964B24F}~
~MessageBox~
~{56BDF429-1A6C-4146-9BFB-94818279D5F5}~
~Debug~
~Path doesn't exist, do you want to create it?~
~0~
~4~
~MYCONTINUE~
~If~
~{BB27F97E-3041-4EAF-90B0-FC734DB3E156}~
~PATH_EXIST~
~0~
~FALSE~
~FALSE~
~Comment~
~{1572F961-56E3-4C73-B4AF-3586CF4577F9}~
~~
~Does File/Folder Exist~
~{FC8A864F-13D3-4357-BD54-49AB8677A082}~
~PATH_EXIST~
~$TARGETDIR$~
~FALSE~
~Set Variable~
~{EE7DC540-685B-4807-8D1C-B1B455C36A1F}~
~PATH_EXIST$MYAH$MYAH$FALSE~
~FALSE~
~If~
~{08EC56A3-0A00-416C-84FE-CC9747315E68}~
~WIZARD~
~0~
~NEXT~
~FALSE~
~Comment~
~{83DEC2A1-300B-4B59-930D-AB69B5059AFD}~
~~
~Display Dialog~
~{071F427E-D36E-40F7-81E3-DFEEA584AA1C}~
~destination~
~WIZARD~
~TRUE~
~~
~TRUE~
~FALSE~
~While~
~{D58D52B7-EE2C-46A2-A295-79E1E88B3B59}~
~MYCONTINUE~
~0~
~NO~
~FALSE~
~Set Variable~
~{0339AECD-2E44-44A7-96E4-C9886794F4B4}~
~MYCONTINUE$MYAH$MYAH$FALSE~
~NO~
~Label~
~{0940EEDA-8900-45D6-A164-D813A6B34C74}~
~Destination Directory~

Hope this helps you.

Regards

[npf]

Thank you!

One more problem creating folders:
First: The folder "D:\INSTALL" does not exist.
Manuel Entering "D:\INSTALL" in the Destination Folder works correctly. But: Entering "D:INSTALL" does NOT create the new folder, there is no message and it seems the setup finishes correctly.
Checking it, there is neither a folder "INSTALL" nor any files are copied.

[FrancescoT]

Dear User,

Unfortunately with IA it is not available a command to verify if a path is correctly entered.

You could set the edit control property to "RedOnly". But doing this your user can only select a valid and already present path.
Otherwise you could create a custom DLL to handle the path validity.

Then ... you could also check it using the path creation command, just where in the above example you ask the user confirmation.
If the path is created (if exist) that is correct.

Regards

[npf]

Thank you Francesco,
"creation command" and "if exist" seems to be the better way for me.
Regards Norbert

[FrancescoT]