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Re: Let user select Drive

Aha, okay. I understand

Friedrich

Re: Let user select Drive

Historic reasons. Old installer would only install onto drive letter. Windows7 doesn't like anyone sharing the root directory of a drive. Quick fix was to share a folder and then map it as a drive letter. Manuals written describing this. My installation looks for existing app and if found offers to Update it rather than install new. So to start with I am just recreating all the installations using SetUpBuilder. THEN I will look at redesigning the whole thing.
I bet you are sorry you asked <g>

Re: Let user select Drive

Just curious, why do you have to do this at all <g>?

Friedrich

Re: Let user select Drive

Here is what I have done so far.
If drive is REMOTE then compare its FREE SPACE with the FREE SPACE on Drive C and Drive D. And if SPACE is equal, then I assume the remote drive is on local PC.

Before you say it, yes I know this is horrible.

Re: Let user select Drive

First of all, please read the following (so you are prepared if your mapped drive scenario causes problems):

http://www.lindersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31410

Unfortunately, I don't know any simple way to check if a remote drive is located on the local machine.

Friedrich

Re: Let user select Drive

This (hopefully) is final question on this subject.

If I share a folder on my local hard drive and then map it as a drive letter, GET SYSTEM INFO will show this as $DRIVE_REMOTE$

So to allow user to choose install onto this mapped drive (I have reason :-( or onto local hard drive root, I have to let them choose from drive types
$DRIVE_FIXED$ AND $DRIVE_REMOTE$.

Question: Is there any simple way to check if this Remote drive (mapped drive) is actually located on the local PC. And, if the remote drive is a $DRIVE_FIXED$ ?

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Friedrich

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Please ignore my previous message.
<NOW SOLVED>

(The % % were missing). Sorry.

Re: Let user select Drive

Thank you. Your example works.

I had done similar, getting all drives into %ALL% and user input into %U%
And then show a message box with: Value of ALL = %ALL% >>>>> shows A:|C:|D:|E:
Value of U = %U% >>>>> shows C

But If %ALL% Contains %U% Then
does not work. ie. it think ALL does not contain C.

Since my script appears identical to yours, I am still puzzling why yours works and mine does not....

Re: Let user select Drive

Enumerate Disk Drives—Fills a list with strings that specify valid drives in the system.

That means the variable holds all (known) available drives (mapped drives, USB, etc.).

Here is a simple demo:

www.lindersoft.com/projects/Drives.zip

It 1.) displays all available drives in a combo box and 2.) lets the user enter a drive letter. It then checks if the entered drive letter is in the list of available drives (not related to the selected drive from the combo in this example).

Friedrich