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how to get installation folder in custom installer

Jun 29th, 2009

i was able to create a shortcut name dynamically, now i need to link it to executable of my software. to do that i need to know where the software has been installed.

So the question is how to get installation folder in custom installer class?

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Re: how to get installation folder in custom installer

Jun 30th, 2009

Hi serkan sendur,

To get only the folder part of the path, use static method GetDirectoryName of Path class.

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using System.IO;
using System.Windows.Forms;
 
string appPath = Path.GetDirectoryName(Application.ExecutablePath);
using System.IO;
using System.Windows.Forms;

string appPath = Path.GetDirectoryName(Application.ExecutablePath);

To get assembly in which the specified class is defined use method Assembly.GetAssembly (with the specified class type as a paramater). The assembly must be loaded. Next get assembly file path using Assembly.CodeBase property.

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using System.IO;
using System.Reflection;
 
string path = Path.GetDirectoryName(
                     Assembly.GetAssembly(typeof(MyClass)).CodeBase);
using System.IO;
using System.Reflection;

string path = Path.GetDirectoryName(
                     Assembly.GetAssembly(typeof(MyClass)).CodeBase);

I hope its helps

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Re: how to get installation folder in custom installer

Jun 30th, 2009

You can get this information from Installer.Context Property.

Check this link:
http://live.mscommunity.net/blogs/no...ler-class.aspx

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Re: how to get installation folder in custom installer

Jun 30th, 2009

ok this problem is solved, i attach the example project to this post.
i was able to get the installation folder from within the custom installer class.

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