Summary

This article gives information about how to retrieve all the InstallAnywhere variables and corresponding values that were set during installation.

Synopsis

This article gives information about how to retrieve all the InstallAnywhere variables and corresponding values that were set during installation.

Discussion

While debugging an InstallAnywhere installer, sometimes it is useful to know the InstallAnywhere variables that were set during runtime. To get this information, you can use the Output Debug Information Action. Once you've added the Output Debug Information Action, select InstallAnywhere Variables in the Select data to be output box, check the Output to a file checkbox, and specify the path to a text file. During installation, once this action executes, all the InstallAnywhere Variables that are set up to this point should be captured in the text file that you specified. Remember to remove this action prior to a release build.

Also, if you are using InstallAnywhere 6 or higher and you have included an uninstaller, then you should be able to simply install the product and look in the directory containing your uninstaller for the installvariables.properties file. This clear-text file should contain a list of some of the variables in your installer and their values at end of installation.