Date in installer name?

[sfaust]

Is there a way to put the current date in an msi name? I would ideally like something like:

My Product 1.0 Setup 2015-10-13.msi

It's not a huge deal to change it after build but it would save me a step if I could make it automatic. I see that msi name can have variables but I don't see one for date. I also thought of trying a build event but don't see an easy way to do it that way either (I see file rename but I would have to hard code the file paths, would be nice if they were variables). Anyway I'm still new to advanced installer so sorry if these are very basic questions...

[Dan]

Hello and welcome to Advanced Installer forums,

In order to implement your scenario, you may need to create your own vbscript or batch file with this functionality.
Please take a look on the Need to the installation filename include creation datetime forum thread which debates a similar subject.

A piece of code with this functionality is the following:

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Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
​
set oFldr = fso.getfolder("D:\")
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Dim myString
myString = FormatDateTime(Now(),vbLongDate) & " " & Hour(Now())& "." & Minute(Now()) & "." & Second(Now()) & ".txt"
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msgbox(myString)
​
for each ofile in oFldr.Files
if lcase(ofile.Name = "old file.txt") then
     ofile.Name = myString
   end if
Next

Should there be any difficulty you encounter implementing something, please do not hesitate to contact me and I will gladly assist.

Best regards,
Dan

[sfaust]

Thank you very much, I will give that a try.

[Dan]

You're welcome,

Should there be any difficulty you encounter implementing something, please do not hesitate to contact me and I will gladly assist.

Best regards,
Dan

[AaronZhang]

here is my solution.

1. "rename_msiname_with_date.bat"
::Rename AppName_3.0.3.8739_Win64.msi ToAppName_20190701_3.0.3.8739_Win64.msi
chcp 65001
set MsiName=AppName_%1_Win64.msi
set MsiNameWithDate=AppName_%DATE:~0,4%%DATE:~5,2%%DATE:~8,2%_%1_Win64.msi
ren %MSIName% %MsiNameWithDate%

2. Advanced Installer [Package Definition] [Builds] [Build Events]
add PostBuild Event
Command = rename_msiname_with_date.bat
Arguments =[|ProductVersion]

[Catalin]

Hello Aaron and welcome to Advanced Installer forums,

Thank you for sharing your solution with us.

I am sure this will be of help for further users facing a similar scenario.

Best regards,
Catalin