Global variables

CreateInstall 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 associated 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).
comprogfiles	Common Files directory.
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.
prjname	The name of the current project file.
prjpath	The directory of the current project file.
progfiles	Program Files directory.
rootdrive	The root drive.
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
ver	You can use this variable in Output Folder and Setup Executable parameters. For example, setup$ver$.exe. In all other cases, use the #ver# variable.
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.

Global variables

Predefined global variables

See also