Global variablesCreateInstall substitutes the actual value for global variables before creating your installation setup file. These variables must start and end with the '$' symbol. $outpath$
$myfile$
Suppose you want to use one input folder for files. In this case, it may be convenient to define a $inpath$ global variable. Also, you may want to specify your company name in one place. Add according variables in Menu - Tools - Global Variables.inpath => c:\My Application
company => My Company, Inc.
After that, you can use $inpath$ and $company$ in any fields of your project.Predefined global variables| Variable name | Description | | appdata | Application Data directory for the current user. | | comappdata | Application Data directory (common for all users). | | datapath | The full path to settings folder of CreateInstall. | | day | The current day. | | exepath | The full path to the CreateInstall folder. | | hour | The current time - hours. | | minute | The current time - minutes. | | month | The current month. | | prjpath | The directory of the current project file. | | progfiles | Program Files directory. | | second | The current time - seconds. | | shortdate | The current date as YYMMDD. | | shorttime | The current time as HHMMSS. | | syspath | Windows system directory. | | temppath | Windows temporary directory. | | userpath | User directory | | winpath | Windows directory. | | year | The current year. |
You can set global variables when you create setups from the command-line. See Command Prompt Mode for more details. | 