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Chapter 8: Organizing Files for Your Installation
Including Files and Folders
Note: Files that have already been added to projects created with earlier versions of InstallShield display the absolute path
in the Link To column. To display the path variable, you need to delete the file and re-add it to the project.
The supported default path variables are in the following table:
Table 8-3: Supported Default Path Variables
Variable Default Path
C:\Program Files\Common Files
C:\Program Files
C:\WINDOWS\system32
C:\WINDOWS
C:\Program Files\InstallShield\2012
C:\InstallShield 2012 Projects\Your Project Name
Dragging and Dropping Files Using the Context Menu
The Files explorer in the Files view enables you to drag and drop folders from your source computer to
destinations on the target system. You have a number of options when you drag files from the Source
computer’s folders pane to the Destination computer’s folders pane.
Task To display the context menu commands:
1. In the View list under Specify Application Data, click Files.
2. In the Source computer’s folders pane, right-click a folder or file and drag it to the Destination
computer’s folders pane or the Destination computer’s files pane. Then release the mouse
button to display the menu.
The context menu contains several commands.
where Your Project Name is the name of your project—minus the file extension
C:\InstallShield 2012 Projects
Table 8-4: Commands Available from the Context Menu
Option Description
Add Adds the folder, subfolders, and/or files selected. This is the same as the default
drag-and-drop behavior.
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