Note: It is very important that you use these variables rather than hard-coding values; for instance, if you want to create a shortcut on the Windows Desktop, use %DESKTOPDIR%\Shortcut rather than “C:\Windows\Desktop\Shortcut” or Desktop\Shortcut. This is important because these folders (Desktop, Start Menu, Programs, etc.) may have different names in foreign-language versions of Windows.

All path variables are always set without a directory end backslash "\". For example, use "%DESKTOPDIR%\My folder" and not "%DESKTOPDIR%My folder"

Tip: you can use the custom action Perform operation on a variable with the varDirectoryWBS or varDirectoryWOBS to add/remove the backslash if necessary.

Comments about some variables

Regarding %ISADMIN% and %ISPOWERUSER%:

• Power Users:
  Members of this group have all the access permissions that Users and Power Users had in Windows NT 4.0. Power Users have read/write permission to other parts of the system in addition to their own profile folders. Power Users can install applications and perform many administrative tasks. If you are running applications that have not been certified for use with Windows 2000, users will need to have Power User privileges.
  

• Administrators:
  Members of this group have total control of the desktop, allowing them to complete all tasks. Members of the Administrators group have the same level of rights and permissions they did for Windows NT 4.0. There is also a built-in administrator account that allows administration of the computer. The administrator account is the first account that is created when Windows 2000 is installed.

Note that Power Users are deprecated with Windows Vista and the new UAC security feature.

How to insert a carriage-return–line-feed?

The character to put a carriage-return–line-feed is "/$ " (not "\n" contrary to windows dialog controls and C/C++ language). For instance, to put a carriage-return–line-feed between “Line 1” and “Line 2", use /$, like "Line1/$Line2".

Values for %OSVER%:

This variable indicates the version of the operating system running the package:

About %EXITCODE%

As explained above, this variable contains the exit code for the package process. Programmers can then retrieve this value using the GetExitCodeProcess Windows API. Some end users may use it to determine whether a Paquet Builder package has run successfully or not.

This variable can only take dword (integer) values; you can set the value of this variable using a Perform operation on a variable and varAssign.

When the package closes, its exit code is automatically set to the value of the %EXITCODE% variable.

Finally, if you do not modify the %EXITCODE% variable yourself, the package uses the following default values:

• 0: execution successful.

• 2: the package was not run successfully (internal error for instance).

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