[Python-Dev] Why does the Windows installer use the shortname formof the install directory? (original) (raw)

Sjoerd Mullender sjoerd@acm.org
Mon, 14 Oct 2002 09:57:05 +0200

On Fri, Oct 11 2002 Tim Peters wrote:

[Moore, Paul] > ... > That's fair enough. And it's not major enough that I'm pushing > for anyone to waste time on it. I just thought I'd mention it in > case it was a simple change to a checkbox, or something.

It almost is a checkbox! In WISE's idea of "a scripting language", the relevant line looks like this: Set Variable MAINDIR to %MAINDIR% There's not a visible clue that this isn't a no-op. If you double-click on the line in the WISE GUI, though, a dialog box pops up, with a dropdown list labeled "Operation", one of whose entries is Convert to short filename There isn't another variant that adds "but only if it contains a space". Beyond that, I'm stuck -- since Adobe graciously updated my Acrobat Reader, every attempt to view the WISE reference docs (pdf format) hard-freezes (power cycle required) my box. I like your suggestion to skip this unless there's an embedded space, I just seem unable to do anything about it now (but it would still be for 2.3 -- mucking with 2.2 is too dangerous).

You should be able to put an If Statement / End Statement around it with the If Statement property box containing If Variable: MAINDIR Contains The Value: . I haven't actually tested this, but I have used this statement with other values.

-- Sjoerd Mullender <sjoerd@acm.org>