LaunchAppandWait command line argument

[Susan]

I am having problems with the following:

svLogPath = "-E -i combo.sql -o " + TARGETDIR +
"\\install_log.txt";
MessageBox (svLogPath, INFORMATION);

nResult = LaunchAppAndWait(svISQLW, svLogPath, WAIT);

The application runs, but the output file, "install_log.txt" does not
get created. When I 'hard code' the path (instead of using the
variable), it works fine. The message box returns the correct command
line argument. The problem is, I really want this log file generated to
the TARGETDIR, not to a hard-coded location. This is the last hurdle in
my app.

[Olga-InstallShield]

Susan,

What version of InstallShield are you using?
Try using the ^ sign insetad of the +, so your commandline will look like
this:
svLogPath="-E =i combo.sql -o "+TARGETDIR^"install log.txt";
Also, what if you specify a short file name, so rather than install log.txt
you name the text file install.txt or just log.txt.
Does that make a difference?

--
Sincerely,

Olga K.
InstallSheild Technical Support

"Susan" <su...@ccc.net> wrote in message news:3A144977...@ccc.net...

[Oscar Blass]

Last hurdle... famous last words...
Could be related to long paths... spaces... or something a fresh pair of
eyes could see. Put both lines of code (hardcoded and regular) in a message
box replace spaces with # symbols and see if they really compare or not.

[Susan]

They do compare. They are identical. It seems that the runtime interpreter is
somehow differentiating between a hard-coded string and its equivalent string
variable.