Innosetup + Environment variables

[Thomas Schweikle]

Hi!

Having a setup where OutputDir (within [Setup]) is set with:

OutputDir={%USERPROFILE}\src\{#MyAppName}

Now compiling this I'd expected to have '{%USERPROFILE}' expanded to my userprofile: 'C:\Users\<username>'. But: it does not. It is just taken as is, what leads to InnoSetup creating a directory named '{%USERPROFILE}\src\<applicationname>}'.

Is it intended not to expand this as described within the handbook (https://jrsoftware.org/ishelp/index.php?topic=consts)?

[Martijn Laan]

Hi,

> Op 5 mrt. 2021 om 19:05 heeft Thomas Schweikle <tschw...@gmail.com> het volgende geschreven:
>
> Is it intended not to expand this as described within the handbook (https://jrsoftware.org/ishelp/index.php?topic=consts)?

As this topic it's Setup and Uninstall who expand. So not the compiler as you're expecting. Use ISPP for such functionality at compile time.

Greetings,
Martijn

[Thomas Schweikle]

On Friday, March 5, 2021 at 7:16:25 PM UTC+1 Martijn Laan wrote:

Hi,

> Op 5 mrt. 2021 om 19:05 heeft Thomas Schweikle  het volgende geschreven:
>
> Is it intended not to expand this as described within the handbook (https://jrsoftware.org/ishelp/index.php?topic=consts)?

As this topic it's Setup and Uninstall who expand. So not the compiler as you're expecting. Use ISPP for such functionality at compile time.

This means '{%...}' is expanded at install time? And I have to use InnoSetup PreProcessor to expand it at compile time? Hmmmm. How do I have to write it to make ISPP to expand it instead being expanded at install time -- since I use this value at creating the installer, not while installing!
Any hint where to find these information. Could not find them by searching documentation.

[Martijn Laan]

Op 5-3-2021 om 19:25 schreef Thomas Schweikle:

Any hint where to find these information. Could not find them by searching documentation.

See https://jrsoftware.org/ispphelp/index.php?topic=getenv

So: OutputDir={#GetEnv('USERPROFILE')}\src\{#MyAppName}

Greetings,
Martijn Laan

[Thomas Schweikle]

This worked! Thanks. 

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Thomas