Magic Folders and InstallAnywhere Variables

Magic Folders represent a specific location, such as the user selected installation directory, the desktop, or the location for library files. At install time, the installer determines which operating system it is running on and sets the Magic Folders to the correct absolute paths. Many Magic Folders are platform-specific, and many are predefined by InstallAnywhere to standard locations across InstallAnywhere-supported platforms.

Every Magic Folder has an associated InstallAnywhere variable. These variables are first initialized when the installer begins. Changing the value of a Magic Folder variable will change the destination to which the Magic Folder installs. Changing the value of the $USER_INSTALL_DIR$ ...

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