Folder with Capital Letters

[tarnic]

Good morning,
under Files and Folder I've created a new Folder PROPERTY Based. This Property has the default value set to "C:\". Using a VBS procedure called in the first Welcome Dialog, this property is set to the correct path, like "C:\Data\other_software\".
Inside this folder, I have some folders named with Capital Letter ("STD"):
PROPERTY_FOLDER\
.....|--- STD\
............|--- Folder1\
............|--- Folder2\
............|--- CAPITAL_FOLDER3\

AI Files and Folders

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To check the path of PROPERTY_FOLDER, I run with Log and I check the correct value of the property: it is set correctly from "C:\" to "C:\Data\other_software\".

At installation finish, I check folders and this is the result:
C:\
...|--- STD\
............|--- CAPITAL_FOLDER3\
...|--- Data\other_software\
.....................|--- STD\
.............................|--- Folder1\
.............................|--- Folder2\

Completely wrong!!!
Seems that Capital Folders are treated as PROPERTY and AI use the default value. This happens with ALL subfolder of PROPERTY_FOLDER which have CAPITAL letters as name.

Result after installation finish

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So I have tried to rename all folders from CAPITAL to lower-case and the result is that folders are installed all correctly in the right path!

Is mandatory to use only lower-case letters in names of folders?

Thank you

[GabrielBarbu]

Hello,

Attached is a project I used to try and reproduce the issue you are describing. The issue did not manifest itself. Both "new" and "ABCD" subfolders installed under the correct path.

Perhaps I am not testing this correctly in which case please modify the attached project so that it can manifest the issue you are reporting, then post it on this thread.

Best regards,
Gabriel

[tarnic]

I've attached you my project and the Custom Action VBS used.

Can you check this if I have committed mistakes?

The problem is with variable APPLAN_DATANET and subfolders pointed by the red arrow: if I have these folders as CAPITAL letters, they are installed under "C:/". If they are lower-case, they are installed in the correct path.

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[Cosmin]

Hi,

Properties used by property-based folders can be set in two ways:
1. By setting the property before CostInitialize action.
or
2. By using a "Directory set with Formatted" custom action after CostFinalize.

Since you are using an UI custom action, you are setting the property after InstallUISequence -> CostFinalize. The solution is to set a different property inside your custom action and then use a "Directory set with Formatted" action after InstallExecuteSequence -> CostFinalize which sets the actual folder property.

If they are lower-case, they are installed in the correct path.

This is a coincidence based on the way private and public properties work. This behavior is not always the same and cannot be trusted.

Regards,
Cosmin

[tarnic]

Perfect!
It works perfectly using "Directory set with Formatted"!

Thank you very much for your help!

[tarnic]

Hi cosmin,
just another thing.

During installation now all ok.
Does this method create problems during uninstall?

Because now no one file is uninstalled. All files remain installed and not removed!!!
Do you know what the problem can be?

Thank you

[Cosmin]

Hi,

Please make sure that this custom action runs only during install. It should use this condition:

Code: Select all

Not Installed

Regards,
Cosmin