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Passing constants as arguments in INNO's Exec()

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I do not really understand what you want, but maybe you are seeking the ExpandConstant function?

Andreas Rejbrand 2010-10-28 20:22:21

Yes, I am aware of ExpandConstant but even that does not allow me to pass the installation path as an argument. If I do thisExec(ExpandConstant('{src}\Depends\myEXe.exe'), '-install "ExpandConstant('{app}')"', '', SW_SHOW, ewWaitUntilTerminated, ResultCode);it wont put the {app} path as the argument. Instead, it will put ExpandConstant({app}) as the argument. Is there a way of getting around this is my question.I hope this is clearer

Rishi 2010-10-30 16:14:57

@Rishi: Of course it does. `ExpandConstant` is a part of the string literal!

Andreas Rejbrand 2010-10-30 18:27:09

Answer 2

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This should work:

[Run]
Filename: {app}\MyApp.exe; Parameters: "-install {app}";

I've done it before using InnoSetup and it puts the correct value for {app}.

If you are still having problems, please post your code.

mirtheil 2010-10-28 21:45:02

True. For now, I am using [Run] instead of the Exec function inside [Code]. I was just wondering if someone knew how to use Exec function to run the exe and pass the app path as an argument

Rishi 2010-10-30 16:18:52

In that case, something like this should work: Exec(ExpandConstant('{app}\MyApp.exe'), '-install "' + ExpandConstant('{app}') + '"', '', SW_SHOW, ewWaitUntilTerminated, ResultCode);

mirtheil 2010-10-30 17:42:17

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