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cai_sebas
1st February 2004 02:14 UTC

Shortcut Fix
This is a proble about a shortcut.
there was a topic before: Link I checked the user manual
but i dont get it, what im i seposed to do with $Outdir. Could somebody explain it to me.

I need that the shortcut starts in the ($)instaldir and not $instaldir/help/web..

I hope somebody got an answer to this

Sebas

Yathosho
1st February 2004 03:10 UTC

the $OUTDIR is set with SetOutPath. and about shortcut, it appears you searched the forum instead of the documentation.

deguix
1st February 2004 03:26 UTC

Yeah, you can use $OUTDIR:

SetOutPath "$INSTDIR\help\dir"

And after that, use $OUTDIR as this path until you use another SetOutPath command.

Yep :up:

cai_sebas
1st February 2004 08:57 UTC

I did what you guys said, but i now have this small prob.
The code is like this:

SetOutPath $INSTDIR

CreateShortCut "$SMPROGRAMS\${MUI_STARTMENUPAGE_VARIABLE}\iMesh Light.lnk" " $OUTDIR\iml-run.exe"

But when i instal the setup the target is this:

"C:\ C:\Program Files\iMesh Light\iml-run.exe"

2 times c:\ is wrong, can anybody tell me how this happens.

Sebas

Joost Verburg
1st February 2004 10:49 UTC

Try to remove that space after the quote, maybe it helps.

cai_sebas
1st February 2004 11:08 UTC

It works, thank you very much (echt knap!)

But ive another question.

At the end of my instalation the setup runs the same file, but it dont run>becuase the startin isnt right.

How can i change this?

(If anyone knows a page where is explain how making/enableling a readme page, please tell me)

Sebas

Joost Verburg
1st February 2004 11:14 UTC

I have no idea what you mean. What are you trying to do and what goes wrong?

cai_sebas
1st February 2004 11:21 UTC

Mm, m sorry it was a fast post.

When my setup is finisht you get an FinishPage (MUI_RESERVEFILE_WELCOMEFINISHPAGE)
In this page there is a checkbox to run the program (!define MUI_FINISHPAGE_RUN "$INSTDIR\iml-run.exe")

But it doesnt work, the program never launch. This is (i think) the same problem as my shortcut problem. The file that is launched has a wrong 'start in'. He must know what the 'Start in:$OUTDIR/..' is.
(hij moet dus weten dat hij moet 'Beginnen in:$OUTDIR/..', en ik heb geen idee hoe je dat moet instellen)

Sebas

Joost Verburg
1st February 2004 22:01 UTC

Usually appllications do not care about the current folder. Would you mind testing it on a few systems?

Joost Verburg
2nd February 2004 15:46 UTC

If you have a poorly written application, you might have to set SetOutPath before running the application (which can be done using a custom run function, see the Modern UI Readme).