How Source Paths Work

Source paths will automatically be substituted for the most complete path possible. For example, say you have the two following source paths defined:

$SOURCEPATH1$ = D:\temp\dir\foo

$SOURCEPATH2$ = D:\temp

When you add a file such as D:\temp\dir\foo\hello.txt, the file will be referenced by $SOURCEPATH1$/hello.txt because $SOURCEPATH1$ has the most complete path match available.

If a team member opens this project and the source path is not defined, a dialog will appear asking him or her to locate and redefine the source path.

In any project, there are several predefined source paths that cannot be changed or edited:

  • $IA_HOME$ is the location on the system where InstallAnywhere is running. A common location might be

Get InstallAnywhere Tutorial and Reference Guide now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.