InstallDir onInit out ouf registry

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tarkinheld
7th August 2004 15:26 UTC

InstallDir onInit out ouf registry
Hi there,

I read all messages about this topic. But unfortunately it still doesn't work. I'm reading a value out of the registry in the onInit-Function. Then I set the InstallDir to this var.

But the field in the installation stays blank.

Anybody an idea?

Greetings

kichik
7th August 2004 15:37 UTC

The value you pass to InstallDir using:

InstallDir "C:\something\blah"

is processed when the installer loads, before .onInit so you can use $INSTDIR in .onInit. You should therefore copy the new value directly to $INSTDIR using:

StrCpy $INSTDIR $InstallDir

and not copy it to $R8.

You can also use InstallDirRegKey and then tweak $INSTDIR in .onInit instead of reading the registry yourself.