Prgrammatic install name

[xl600]

When I build an installer in LabView, the name of the program in "Programs and Features" comes from the "Product Name" field of the installer properties.  What I would like to do is programmatically modify that name during the installer build to append the version of the exe that the installer is including.

For example, if I have an exe build that generates "My exe" version 1.0.0.42, I want the installer's product name to be "My exe_1.0.0.42" in the "Programs and features" list in the Windows control panel.

Is this possible in a generic way?

[Gregory · Accepted solution]

[xl600]

Gah!  I was just heading in that direction and you beat me to it   I knew someone out there would have dealt with this before.

Thanks!

XL600

[xl600]

How did you wire the project reference to the Get Build Specification Version VI?  That VI (In LV2016) needs a project path, not a reference.

[Gregory]

Haha, I have not dealt with this, but I wanted to figure out how to. That VI is polymorphic by the way. You can wire the reference in and it should change, or right click >> visible items >> polymorphic selector.

[xl600]

Grrr... I wish it was more obvious when a VI was polymorphic.

Thanks again!

[xl600]

Here's what I came up with... I wanted to change the installer product name, not the EXE target folder.

[xl600]

A few more 'improvements':

• Repeated builds no longer append version to version
• Ties an enum directly to installer build spec name
• Creates a zip file of the result for archiving