[izpack-users] How does variable substitution work?

[Bartz, Klaus]

Hi Gernot,
variables will be not substituted by the contents of variables.
I see to ways to solve your problem.

1: write a custom action which does the substitution.

2: use
in install.xml
...
<variable name="APPLICATIONS_SUB_PATH" 
    value="/OpenOffice/orgPortable/App/openoffice/program/soffice.exe"/>
...

in your parsable file
<value>${APPLICATIONS_DEFAULT_ROOT}${APPLICATIONS_SUB_PATH}</value>

Cheers

Klaus

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:izpack-users-bounces at lists.berlios.de] On Behalf Of 
> Gernot Stenz
> Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 6:44 PM
> To: izpack-users at lists.berlios.de
> Subject: [izpack-users] How does variable substitution work?
> 
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have yet another problem with my IzPack (3.10.0) installer:
> 
> I need to set the path for an executable file. I do this 
> using a variable and a <parsable>
> tag:
> 
> <variable name="OOEXECUTABLE" 
> value="$APPLICATIONS_DEFAULT_ROOT/OpenOfficeorgPortable/App/op
> enoffice/program/soffice.exe"/>
> 
> <parsable type="xml" 
> targetfile="$INSTALL_PATH/Editor-3.3rc5/res/vmodellexport.xml"/>
> 
> and in said file I have the following:
> 
> <value>$OOEXECUTABLE</value>
> 
> However, after installation, the respective line in the file 
> looks like this:
> 
> <value>$APPLICATIONS_DEFAULT_ROOT/OpenOfficeorgPortable/App/op
> enoffice/program/soffice.exe</value>
> 
> Why doesn't $APPLICATIONS_DEFAULT_ROOT get substituted?
> 
> Thanks in advance, Gernot
> 
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