Any Install Shield wizards here? (no pun intended)

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  • Chris B
    MURCer
    • Mar 2000
    • 422
    #1

    Any Install Shield wizards here? (no pun intended)

    I need to make a setup file using InstallShield. In the program menu I want it to create a shortcut to a pdf file on the installation CD.

    But, I don't want to link to a specific drive letter. I would like to be able to make it create the shortcut, where the target is the drive from which the installation is run.

    For example if the CD-ROM is d:, then I want it to link to d:\file.pdf, and if the CD-ROM is e: I want it to link to e:\file.pdf.

    Anyone know if this can be done in InstallShield?
    If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is "God is crying." And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is "Probably because of something you did."
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    • The Dupe
      mini MURCer
      • May 2002
      • 5
      #2
      Depends on what kind of install your are creating :
      - non-packaged : use the system variable SRCDISK (e.g.: SRCDISK\file.pdf)
      - packaged : you have to parse the system variable PACKAGE_LOCATION : ParsePath( drive, PACKAGE_LOCATION, DISK); drive\file.pdf

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        • KeiFront
          Super MURCer
          • Sep 2001
          • 2668
          #3
          Chris, you have to use the SRCDISK system variable of installshield.

          Damn the dupe beat me by two minutes
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            • Chris B
              MURCer
              • Mar 2000
              • 422
              #4
              Thanks

              well the SRCDISK variable definetaly does something. However if I set the target to "SRCDISK\file.pdf" the target in the installed shortcut come out as "D:\SRCDISK\file.pdf"
              If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is "God is crying." And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is "Probably because of something you did."

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                • The Dupe
                  mini MURCer
                  • May 2002
                  • 5
                  #5
                  humm, try SRCDISK^"file.pdf", sorry

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                    • Chris B
                      MURCer
                      • Mar 2000
                      • 422
                      #6
                      Still no luck, when I try to run the install shield it gives me an error saying something like "Illegal character in target". I think it's the quotations that it's complaining about.

                      Did I mention I am using Installshield Express!? ANd on old one too... version 3.5.

                      So I'm not trying to do a script or anything.
                      If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is "God is crying." And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is "Probably because of something you did."

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                        • The Dupe
                          mini MURCer
                          • May 2002
                          • 5
                          #7
                          Never used IE (InstallShield Express). Last attempt : <SRCDISK>\file.pdf

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                            • Paddy
                              Super MURCer
                              • Mar 2000
                              • 6067
                              #8
                              If the installer is running from the root of the CD and the PDF also resides there, then cant you just do as above?
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                                • Chris B
                                  MURCer
                                  • Mar 2000
                                  • 422
                                  #9
                                  When I saw that it seemed so obvious, but aaparently InstallShield will then transform that to <drive where setup.exe is generated>\file.pdf.

                                  What I mean is that if I generate the install shield file from the D drive on my PC (HD) it will come out as D:\file.pdf. So the drive letter will be assigned at the build time not at install time.
                                  If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is "God is crying." And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is "Probably because of something you did."

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                                    • KeiFront
                                      Super MURCer
                                      • Sep 2001
                                      • 2668
                                      #10
                                      Have you tried "&lt;SCRDSIK&gt\\file.pdf"
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                                      Second: Dual PIII 1GHz | 21" Monitor | G200MMS + Quadro 2 Pro | 512MB ECC SDRAM | SCSI
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