[izpack-users] Overriding built-in variables

[Vasil Benov]

Hi Klaus,

You seem to be quite knowledgeable so I would like to ask you one more
thing. I have defined a user input panel and I have a search field, defined
the following way:

       <field type="search" variable="webapp_directory">
         <spec txt="Application server web applications directory:"
type="directory"
               result="directory" id="input-webapp-dir">
           <choice value="${ENV[CATALINA_HOME]}/webapps"/>
         </spec>
       </field>

IzPack does not pick the CATALINA_HOME environment.

Regards, Vasil

On 6/25/07, Bartz, Klaus <Klaus.Bartz at coi.de> wrote:
>
>  Hi Vasil,
> sorry, $INSTALL_PATH is a very special variable which will be modified a
> secound time after loading variables (in opposite to all others). Therefore changing
> via <variable> will not work. But if you would use as root the default you
> can change the subpath with:
> <info>
>     ...
>     <appsubpath>My App/$APP_NAME $APP_VER</appsubpath>
> </info>
>
> In opposite to the "normal" variable setting this approach uses variable
> substitution.
>
> Hope it will be work now
>
> Klaus
>
>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> *From:* izpack-users-bounces at lists.berlios.de [mailto:
> izpack-users-bounces at lists.berlios.de] *On Behalf Of *Vasil Benov
> *Sent:* Monday, June 25, 2007 10:19 AM
> *To:* izpack-users at lists.berlios.de
> *Subject:* Re: [izpack-users] Overriding built-in variables
>
> Forgot to mention that I am using IzPack 3.10.2
>
> Regards, Vasil
>
> On 6/25/07, Bartz, Klaus <Klaus.Bartz at coi.de > wrote:
> >
> >  Hi Vasil,
> > you can change the contents of any variable in a custom action or custom
> > panel or with <variable> in the installation description file (often
> > named install.xml) because variables are not write protected and
> > built-in variables are resolved at starting installation before resolving
> > values given by <variable>.
> > Build-in variables are created to get special information about the
> > current system. If you override this, these information are away.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Klaus
> >
> >  -----Original Message-----
> > *From:* izpack-users-bounces at lists.berlios.de [mailto:
> > izpack-users-bounces at lists.berlios.de] *On Behalf Of *Vasil Benov
> > *Sent:* Monday, June 25, 2007 9:49 AM
> > *To:* izpack-users at lists.berlios.de
> > *Subject:* [izpack-users] Overriding built-in variables
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I want to ask if it is possible to override a built-in variable (e.g.
> > $INSTALL_PATH). I need to customize my installation but I do not want to
> > specify anoter variable for the install path since it is referenced in
> > many places in my configuration files.
> >
> > Thannks in advance
> >
> > Regards, Vasil
> >
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