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LogSet Question

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Jnuw#

LogSet Question

Hello all.

On one of my longer installers, I just went through the whole script and added a bunch of "LogSet On" and "LogSet Off" commands so the resulting log file will not be so large, and only log what I want to be logged. This works well.

However, now I thought I would get smart, and leave myself the option for full logging, if need be, by doing something like this:


StrCmp $0 bla +3       ;some condition

  !define LOG "On"

  Goto +2

  !define LOG "Off"



LogSet ${LOG}

...code that may or may not be logged
However when I try to compile my script, I get errors with both constants ( LogSet ${LOG} ) or even if I try variables ( LogSet $Log ). It seems that LogSet will only take hard coded "On" or "Off", is this right? Thanks all for your help.

Jnuw
Afrow UK#
You've got it all wrong I'm afraid.
!define is a compile time instruction and StrCmp is a run time instruction.

Does that code even compile?

-Stu
Jnuw#
Oh yeah, I was running on only 3 hours of sleep yesterday... 🙁 Anyhow, also tried:


StrCmp $0 bla +3       ;some condition

  StrCpy $Log "On"

  Goto +2

  StrCpy $Log "Off"



LogSet $Log

...code that may or may not be logged
However that does not compile either. I'm guessing that LogSet is also a compile time command? That being said I can't use $Log which won't have a value till run time? If that's the case, is there any way I can vary how my script logs itself based on a runtime condition? I'm guessing no. Thanks for your help.

Jnuw