Add Files to Project Dialog Box

InstallAnywhere 2024 R2

The Add Files to Project dialog box lets you add files or directories to your InstallAnywhere project.

To launch the Add Files to Project dialog box, do one of the following:

On the Sequence page, in the Install view, click the Add Files button.

The following settings are available on the Add Files To Project dialog box:

Add Files to Project Dialog Box Settings

Setting

Description

Folder

The directory that is selected in this list controls which subdirectories are listed below the Path setting. You can click the arrow in this list and select a different directory from the list.

Path

Lists the full path of the directory that is selected in the Folder list. To select a different directory, click the arrow in this list. As an alternative, you can enter a directory path in the Path setting and then click Go to open that directory.

Arrow buttons

Use the arrow buttons to jump to a different directory in the Folder list.

• Up One Folder (up arrow)—Go up one directory level.
• Go Back (left arrow)—Go back to the previous directory.
• Go Forward (right arrow)—Go forward one directory.
• Open Selected Folder (down arrow)—Open the selected directory.

Home button

Click the Home button to open the user-specific Home directory. On Windows-based systems, the Home directory is:

C:\Documents and Settings\User_Name

Favorites button

Click the Favorites button to open the Favorites menu, where you can choose to jump to a previously identified favorite directory (by selecting it from the list) or to create a new favorite directory (by selecting Add Folder to Favorites).

Go

Enter a directory path in the Path setting and the click the Go button to open that directory.

Add

To populate the Files to Add list, select a directory or directories and click the Add button. The selected directories will then be listed in the Files to Add list.

Add All

To populate the Files to Add list with all of the directories that are listed below the Path setting, click the Add All button.

Remove

To remove the selected directories from the Files to Add list, click the Remove button.

Files to Add

This box lists files and directories that you have selected.

Note:This type of file linking adds a static list of files to your project: any files that you add later to this source directory are not automatically added to your project. To specify a directory from which InstallAnywhere should regenerate a dynamic list of source files during each build, you can use the Install SpeedFolder action.

Cancel

To cancel the operation without adding any files to the project, click the Cancel button.

Done

To add the selected files and directories to the project, click the Done button.