Adding Files and Folders with the Files Explorer

InstallShield 2012 Spring Express Edition

To add files and folders using the files explorer:

1. In the View list under Specify Application Data, click Files.
2. In the Feature list, select the feature with which you want the file associated.
3. In the Destination computer's folders pane, right-click Destination Computer and then click the predefined folder that you want to use.
4. If you need to create a further folder hierarchy, right-click the predefined folder, click Add, and provide a name for the folder. Repeat as necessary.
5. In the Destination computer's folders pane, click the folder into which you want to place the file.
6. In the Source computer's folders pane, navigate to the folder containing the file you want to add.
7. Select and drag the file you want to add from the Source computer's files pane to the Destination computer's files pane.

Tip: If you want to add an entire folder into a destination folder, drag the folder from the Source computer's folders window to the destination folder.

Source Path Variables

When you add a file from a Windows folder, the Link To column in the Destination computer's files pane displays a path variable, rather than an absolute path for most files. This provides more portability for your installation projects. If you move the project to another development machine, the path variables assure that you do not have to update the paths for your files.

Note: Files that have already been added to projects created with earlier versions of InstallShield display the absolute path in the Link To column. To display the path variable, you need to delete the file and re-add it to the project.

The supported default path variables are in the following table:

Supported Default Path Variables

Variable

Default Path

<CommonFilesFolder>

C:\Program Files\Common Files

<ProgramFilesFolder>

C:\Program Files

<SystemFolder>

C:\WINDOWS\system32

<WindowsFolder>

C:\WINDOWS

<ISProductFolder>

C:\Program Files\InstallShield\2012Spring

<ISProjectDataFolder>

C:\InstallShield 2012 Spring Projects\Your Project Name

where Your Project Name is the name of your project—minus the file extension

<ISProjectFolder>

C:\InstallShield 2012 Spring Projects

See Also

Files View

Finding Files and Folders in Your Project

InstallShield 2012 Spring Express Edition Help Library

May 2012

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