Cannot search for file in [SETUPEXEDIR].

[mcseforsale]

Our product needs to search for another .MSI that will sit next to our setup.exe during execution and fail if it doesn't exist. I've set up a search for the file using the directory [SETUPEXEDIR] as our installer will not work without the setup.exe bootstrapper. However, it doesn't appear to be searching properly.

Is there another way to search for a file in that directory and fail if it doesn't exist?

AJ

[Daniel]

Hello AJ,

I'm not so sure why this happens.

I've tested the scenario using a sample created with AI 14.8 (see it attached) but everything works as expected.

sample.aip

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Can you please test the above attached sample and let us know how this works?

All the best,
Daniel

[mcseforsale]

Thanks. I got it working. The problem was in testing. We're bound to 13.1 at this point, so I don't know if this has been remedied, or if it's as designed. When testing the search [SETUPEXEDIR] from the AI interface, it defaults to %programfiles%\Caphyon\<version>\x86\bin.

Thanks!

AJ

[Daniel]

You are always welcome AJ.

Indeed, it is not recommended to use the "Test Search" feature within the Advanced Installer against the [SETUPEXEDIR] property. This is because this property is set at install time only.

All the best,
Daniel