RussH
21st August 2006 22:29 UTC

How can I query SetShellVarContext?
I want to find out what context the installer is in, but I can't figure out how to get the value of SetShellVarContext. Can someone point me in the right direction?

Russ...

Comperio
22nd August 2006 02:24 UTC

There doesn't seem to be a built-in function to do this. So it would probably take a plugin or perhaps a DLL call using the system plugin.

But, I have to ask what the point would be? What's wrong with just calling SetShellVarContext to set the install appropriately as needed?

SuperPat
22nd August 2006 13:21 UTC

Yes it is possible,

we can do like this:

;Get the current ShellVarContext
StrCpy $R0 "$SMPROGRAMS"
SetShellVarContext current
StrCmp $R0 "$SMPROGRAMS" 0 +3
  StrCpy $R0 "current"
Goto +3
  StrCpy $R0 "all"
  SetShellVarContext all

Comperio
22nd August 2006 15:52 UTC

Hey SuperPat,
Clever function! :up:

RussH
23rd August 2006 00:20 UTC

Thanks SuperPat, that's perfect.

Russ...