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Install from Manifest.txt / Permissions?
I am performing an install from Manifest.
I did a little proof-of-concept in which I build an installer in which the manifest contains one specification which essentially copies a file from one place to another on the file system. That worked fine.
Now I am trying to build the Manifest.txt for real in our project.
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- I started out using a build time variable to specify the root folder where the install inputs are. That didn't work.
- Then I tried specifying the root relative to $IA_PROJECT_DIR$ that didn't work.
- Then I hardwired the path and it still didn't work even through the files are clearly there.
- So now I am suspecting a permissions problem. I have to do the build as administrator on a Windows 7 64 bit box. However, I am running the installer as myself. I made sure I have read and execute permissions on the folder, subfolders and files. Still the installer can't see the file. What else might I be missing?
Regards,
Sandra Carney
I got past the permissions problem. I am now able to build an installer from a manifest and I am able to specify the path to my install inputs via the $IA_PROJECT_DIR$ variable. However, what I really want to do is define a build time variable. Now, pp. 190 of the InstallAnywhere 2013 User Guide describes several methods. I tried the command line methods as we are doing this as part of a build system. Results:
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