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Chapter 24: View Reference
Specify Application Data View
Destination Folders
When you add files to your installation, you do so by placing them in a destination folder. The following
predefined destination folders are provided by default in the Files view. Each one is dynamic, meaning
that they do not rely upon hard-coded paths. Instead, the value for each destination folder is obtained
from the operating system of the target machine.
The following properties hold the fully qualified path to many of the folders on the end user’s system.
Table 24-14: Predefined Destination Folders
Property Description
AdminToolsFolder Points to the folder where administrative tools are located.
AppDataFolder This property holds the full path to the current user’s Application Data folder. By default,
this property is none.
CommonAppDataFolder This is the full path to the folder containing application data for all users. A common path
is:
C:\ProgramData
CommonFilesFolder The value of this property is the full path to the Common Files folder for the current user.
DATABASEDIR This property stores the destination for your installation’s database files. You can set the
initial value for DATABASEDIR in the General Information view and end users can modify
this value at run time in the Database Folder dialog—if you display the Change button.
DesktopFolder This property is used to hold the full path to the Desktop folder for the current user. If the
setup is being run for All Users, and the ALLUSERS property is set, the DesktopFolder
property should hold the full path to the All Users desktop folder.
FavoritesFolder The FavoritesFolder property contains the full path to the Favorites folder for the current
user.
FontsFolder This property holds the full path to the Fonts folder.
INSTALLDIR This property stores the destination folder for your installation. You can set an initial
value for INSTALLDIR in the General Information view.
IISROOTFOLDER This property stores the root directory of the Web server on a target system. If you are
using IIS functionality in your installation project and you have added a Web site, then
IISROOTFOLDER is automatically added.
Note: All of the files that you add to the IISROOTFOLDER directory in the Files view are
installed to the Web server’s root directory on the target machine. If IIS is not on the
target machine, the files are copied to the root folder.
LocalAppDataFolder The location of locally stored application data. A typical value of this property is:
C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local
MyPicturesFolder This property holds the full path to the current user’s My Pictures folder.
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