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Adding an Additional Destination Folder Dialog

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This article provides information regarding how to add an additional Destination Folder dialog.

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This information applies to the following InstallShield Project Type:

InstallScript MSI

Occasionally it is necessary to prompt the end user for a destination location in addition to the default INSTALLDIR. In order to provide the end user with the same Browse to a folder dialog used in a default installation, the following steps can be followed.

Discussion

1. Create an entry in the Directory table via the Direct Editor. The entry specified in the Directory column should be all capital letters. The directory entry used in these steps will be MYDIR.
2. In the Directory_Parent column, type TARGETDIR.

3. In the DefaultDir column put a dot (.). Leave the default values in the remaining columns.

4. Go to the feature or component for which you want to use MYDIR as the destination. In the Destination field drop-down menu, browse to and select MYDIR.
5. Under the InstallScript view, within OnFirstUIBefore add the following variable declaration:
STRING szMyDir
6. Locate in Setup.rul where the dialog should be displayed in OnFirstUIBefore and add the following (where Dlg_PreviousDlg is the dialog label displayed previous to this dialog):
Dlg_SdAskDestPathMyDir:
nResult = SdAskDestPath( "", "", szMyDir, 0);
MsiSetTargetPath(ISMSI_HANDLE, "MYDIR", szMyDir);
if (nResult = BACK) goto Dlg_SdAskDestPath;
6. If necessary, adjust the subsequent dialog by modifying as follows:
if (nResult = BACK) goto Dlg_SdAskDestPathMyDir;

Related KB Articles

Q103168

Additional Information

If the title and message of the dialog require modification from the default, the first two parameters for SdAskDestPath can be modified as needed.
For more information on the Directory Table, see Flexera Software Knowledge Base Article Q103168:
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