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Hi

I used the strf_getpathowner() function to get the path owner in an older version of CreateInstall but I cannot find the equivalent function in the newest version of CreateInstall. How do I get the path owner in the new version of create install?

Thanks,
Simon

You can open Gentee Help file by clicking Help menu - Gentee help item.

There is a method str.fgetdir( str )
For example,
str mydir
mydir.fgetdir( macrox_do( "#setuppath#" ))

Hi

I had found that function in the Gentee documentation but missed the idea that it would remove the final directory. I thought it would simply return the directory portion of a fully qualified file name.

Thanks,

Hi

Am I correct in assuming this has to be done in the Source Code section of the install script. I tried it in the "Set variable" section and the value of the variable was "tmp.fgetdir(macrox_do(#setuppath#))" instead of the result of evaluating this code. I was expecting the value to be something like "c:\temp\level1\".

The problem I am trying to solve is the following. I had this code in the UnpackFiles script of an old version of CreateInstall.

MacroSetStr( "setuppathparent", strf_getpathowner(strf_getpathowner(strf_getpathowner( MacroDone("#setuppath#") ))))

I was then able to use #setuppathparent# in defining a custom path for unpacking certain files. So I would like to be able to accomplish the same thing in the newest CreateInstall. Can you tell me correct way to do this?

Thanks,
Simon

>I thought it would simply return the directory portion of a fully qualified file name.

If you specified the full filename then fgetdir method returns the directory.

>MacroSetStr( "setuppathparent", strf_getpathowner(strf_getpathowner(strf_getpathowner( MacroDone("#setuppath#") ))))

Use 'Source Code' command like this

str stemp sdir

sdir.fgetdir( macrox_do("#setuppath#"))
stemp.fgetdir( sdir )
macrox_setstr( "setuppathparent", sdir.fgetdir( stemp ))

You can send us (info@createinstall.com) your .ci project file with 'CreateInstall' subject if something is wrong.

My problem was because I tried the following:

str setuppathparent

setuppathparent.fgetdir(macrox_do(#setuppath#))
setuppathparent = setuppathparent.fgetdir(setuppathparent)

The previous post had an error so here is what I was doing:

str setuppathparent

setuppathparent = setuppathparent.fgetdir(macrox_do(#setuppath#))
setuppathparent = setuppathparent.fgetdir(setuppathparent)
setuppathparent = setuppathparent.fgetdir(setuppathparent)

The first problem: macrox_do(#setuppath#) must be as macrox_do("#setuppath#"). A line must be quoted.
The second one: you don't need to assign
setuppathparent = setuppathparent.fgetdir(setuppathparent)
in this example, setuppathparent is assigned to itself.
and I am not sure but main parameter and the parameter in fgetdir must be different.