I am making a setup file for a software UPGRADE.
I need the setup to only install into a directory that already contains a file with a certain name.
There could be more than one copy of the required file (in more than one directory).
The upgrade program should be able to install into any of the directories that contain this file name, but only into one of those directories.
The problem I am having with "file search variables" is that the as soon as SUF finds a copy of the required file in the Priority Search Paths, it does not alow the user to continue searching for another copy of the file.
In Setup Factory 5, the File Search Variable options only allow the user to browse if the specified file is NOT found. ("Allow manual browse if file can not be located").
I need to allow the user to continue to browse other directories for the specified file, even if the specified file name has already been found. Essentially, "Allow manual browse regardless of whether the file has been located".
The only differences between this and the existing "Allow manual browse if file cannot be located" would be:
A. This option would be allowed even if the specified file had already been found.
B. The wording would be slightly different. For example, "You have found a directory with the required file XXX. To accept this location, click. To continue to browse elsewhere, click ."
I have tried the following workarounds, which do NOT work for the reasons given:
1. After searching the Priority Search Paths, allow the user to get an "Install Folder" screen allowing him/her to browse, using the directory found during the search as a default. This workaround is not good because the "Install Folder" browse could allow the user to select a directory where the desired file may not exist.
2. Use the the "Allow manual browse if file can not be located" on the File Search Variable screen. This workaround does not work because if the required file is already found, this does not allow the user to contine browsing for another directory which may also contain the required file.
Do you have any suggestions? The tricky part is allowing a browse which requires a specified file to be found, but even if it is, allows the user to browse for the same file in other directories.
[This message has been edited by RichardShaw (edited 08-28-2000).]
I need the setup to only install into a directory that already contains a file with a certain name.
There could be more than one copy of the required file (in more than one directory).
The upgrade program should be able to install into any of the directories that contain this file name, but only into one of those directories.
The problem I am having with "file search variables" is that the as soon as SUF finds a copy of the required file in the Priority Search Paths, it does not alow the user to continue searching for another copy of the file.
In Setup Factory 5, the File Search Variable options only allow the user to browse if the specified file is NOT found. ("Allow manual browse if file can not be located").
I need to allow the user to continue to browse other directories for the specified file, even if the specified file name has already been found. Essentially, "Allow manual browse regardless of whether the file has been located".
The only differences between this and the existing "Allow manual browse if file cannot be located" would be:
A. This option would be allowed even if the specified file had already been found.
B. The wording would be slightly different. For example, "You have found a directory with the required file XXX. To accept this location, click
I have tried the following workarounds, which do NOT work for the reasons given:
1. After searching the Priority Search Paths, allow the user to get an "Install Folder" screen allowing him/her to browse, using the directory found during the search as a default. This workaround is not good because the "Install Folder" browse could allow the user to select a directory where the desired file may not exist.
2. Use the the "Allow manual browse if file can not be located" on the File Search Variable screen. This workaround does not work because if the required file is already found, this does not allow the user to contine browsing for another directory which may also contain the required file.
Do you have any suggestions? The tricky part is allowing a browse which requires a specified file to be found, but even if it is, allows the user to browse for the same file in other directories.
[This message has been edited by RichardShaw (edited 08-28-2000).]
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