How do I make the installer perform a string substitution as part of the installation?
AnsweredHow do I make the installer perform a string substitution as part of the installation?
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You can perform string substitutions with the substitution action. This action allows you to specify pattern/value pairs that will be substituted in certain files. It takes a list of glob file patterns separated by ';' and a list of the pattern/value pairs.
<substitute> <files>*/launcher/launchMyJavaApp.sh;*/bin/*.sh</files> <substitutionList> <substitution> <pattern>@@INSTALLDIR@@</pattern> <value>${installdir}</value> </substitution> <substitution> <pattern>@@JAVADIR@@</pattern> <value>${installdir}/jre</value> </substitution> </substitutionList> </substitute>
Suppose the user sets /home/user/application as
installdir
and the originallaunchMyJavaApp.sh
looked like:#!/bin/sh export MYAPPDIR=@@INSTALLDIR@@ @@JAVADIR@@/bin/java com.some.class.Name
Then the script will look like the following after installation:
#!/bin/sh export MYAPPDIR=/home/user/application /home/user/application/jre/bin/java com.some.class.Name
You can find more information about this action in Actions section of the product documentation included with InstallBuilder.
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