What does the "add property" button do in the Installer build specification

[Fab]

I am sure that a lot of you already knew what the "add property" button does in the installer build specification, but I am so happy about this discovery and I couldn't find anything online that I decided to share my excitement with my friends in LAVA.

 

The application I am building works with a third party software that requires my installer to add things to the %appdata% folder, in Windows 8 this translates to C:Users<username>AppDataRoaming

 

The default destinations available in the installer build specification in LabVIEW includes the [Public App Data] but in Windows 8 that points to C:ProgramData

 

The help says that clicking on the Add property button under the Destination View lets you add a new MSI property to the Destination View tree.  You can find a list of MSI properties here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370905.aspx#component_location_properties

 

and in particular there is one called AppDataFolder 

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367565(v=vs.85).aspx

 

Well, adding the new property AppDataFolder was enough to set the destination for my ThirdPartyApp and the installer now successfully installs files in %appdata% folder. 

 

 

 

I hope this helps others in search of this information.

 

Regards,

Fab

Edited June 10, 2014 by Fab

[hooovahh]

I didn't know about this, but haven't had a need to yet.  Also XBMC Plugins?  You must be doing some cool stuff.

[Fab]

I didn't know about this, but haven't had a need to yet.  Also XBMC Plugins?  You must be doing some cool stuff.

 

Yes, I am doing some cool stuff... and just realized I forgot to remove that telling part 

 

Anyway, now it is here if you need it in the future. 

 

See you at NI Week!

 

Fab

[shuituan]

Thank you, I am looking for this now, and it did.

In Win 7, I set AppDataFolder destination, and it install to: C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming , not Local folder, I don't know why...

Best,

Fu

[Rolf Kalbermatter]

Thank you, I am looking for this now, and it did. In Win 7, I set AppDataFolder destination, and it install to: C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming , not Local folder, I don't know why... Best, Fu

 

If you look at the link from Fab, you can see that you should probably use LocalAppDataFolder instead if you want the non-roaming version of it.