add variable in to main section

[hanen.jomaa]

Hi,

I have a problem in my Section main,

i want adding a $var in to the path File to copy when install,

I have File /nonfatal /r "${varDir}\${TYPE}\test\$pathspecific"

but the script can't read the value of $pathspecific, how Can I specify this value please?

please can you help me ?

[Anders]

This has been asked a million times before.

$variables are used at run-time on the end-users machine, you can only use ${defines} with the File instruction since it needs to find the file on the machine where makensis is running.

You can use SetOutPath "$instdir\$pathspecific" etc. to control where a file is written...

[hanen.jomaa]

when i Use SetOutPath i will create my installer diretory

but my problem is how specify the path file to copy in my installer directory

[Anders]

SetOutPath $instdir
File "abc.ext"
SetOutPath "$instdir\foo\$bar"
File "xyz.ext"

[Collector9999]

Have you even populated your $pathspecific before that point?