Creating Dynamic Machine name in package
Hi i am relatively new to packaging, i am currently packaging an application that needs to write unique machine names for ebery machine that the package is deployed to.
We only recently started to package applications in my company, before now we just ran the setup.exe on each individual machine and configured the registry setting. Now we are packaging and want to ensure the package dynamicly looks for and populates the unique machine name each time it is deployed.
Can anyone who has come accross this before assist.
Thanks
We only recently started to package applications in my company, before now we just ran the setup.exe on each individual machine and configured the registry setting. Now we are packaging and want to ensure the package dynamicly looks for and populates the unique machine name each time it is deployed.
Can anyone who has come accross this before assist.
Thanks
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Posted by:
Moley
17 years ago
assuming you are using MSI. use the following property [%COMPUTERNAME] to return the computername of the current machine.
Posted by:
sina
17 years ago
Hi Moley,
I'll try this. So if i just create a public property and put th %COMPUTERNAME% each time the msi gets deployed, it picks out the machines unique name?
I'll try this. So if i just create a public property and put th %COMPUTERNAME% each time the msi gets deployed, it picks out the machines unique name?
Posted by:
jmcfadyen
17 years ago
no that is not correct.
There is a property built into MSI which contains the machine details already.
[ComputerName] or [%ComputerName]
not %computername%
whereever you specify [% ] you can reference any machine environment variable.
for examples of such jump to a dos prompt and type
>set
this will give you a list of current machine based environment var's. All of them can be accesed from MSI via [%EnvironmentVar]
There is a property built into MSI which contains the machine details already.
[ComputerName] or [%ComputerName]
not %computername%
whereever you specify [% ] you can reference any machine environment variable.
for examples of such jump to a dos prompt and type
>set
this will give you a list of current machine based environment var's. All of them can be accesed from MSI via [%EnvironmentVar]
Posted by:
Moley
17 years ago
you dont need the last % simply use [%COMPUTERNAME] . You need the square brackets also.
Posted by:
Tone
17 years ago
I use [ComputerName] as during baremetal builds a renamed computer wont actually show the new [%ComputerName] variable name until after a reboot.
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