The Windows Installer Formatted Type

The Windows Installer Formatted data type is a string which can contain references to certain special other strings: Properties, folders, files, etc. At the installation run time, these references are resolved into their respective values:

• the file references are replaced with the full path to the file on the target computer
• the folder references are replaced with the full path to the folder on the target computer
• the property references are replaced with the value of the respective properties

Syntax

References embedded in a Formatted string must respect the following syntax:

• [propertyname]
• [%environmentvariable]
• [#filekey]
• [folderkey]

Additional rules

• [!filekey] is replaced by the full short path of the file
• [\x] is replaced by the character x; for example, to include a left bracket ([), use [\[]