Predefined variables

There are some predefined variables that are assigned at the beginning of the installation. You can use these variables in all fields of your projects to use their values in the installation process. These variables must start and end with the symbol '#'.

#setuppath#\subfolder
#progname# #ver#

Variable name	Description
appname	Application name.
apppath	Program folder in Application Data directory.
chevl	Character '<' (left chevron).
chevr	Character '>' (right chevron).
comma	Character ','.
computername	Name of the user's computer.
date	Current date. Also, there are the variables #day#, #month# and #year#.
day	Current day. Also, there are the variables #month# and #year#.
exefile	Full name of the setup executable file.
exepath	The setup executable file path.
isadmin	Equals 1 if the installation runs with administrative rights.
langinst	The current language of the installation.
month	Current month. Also, there are the variables #day# and #year#.
netframever	The current version of .NET Framework on user's computer.
nn	The character 0xA.
nr	The character 0xD.
nl	Combination of the characters 0xD and 0xA.
originaluser	The name of the user, who launched the installation. If the user doesn't have administrator rights, this name is different from username. See also Get Original User.
os64	Equals 1 on Windows 64-bits versions. Otherwise, it equals 0.
osbuild	The build of Windows version.
oscsd	Additional Windows version information.
osmajor	Major Windows version.
osminor	Minor Windows version.
osplatform	Windows platform.
osreleaseid	Windows 10 Release ID.
osspmajor	Major version of Service Pack.
osspminor	Minor version of Service Pack.
osserver	Equals 1 on Windows Server versions. Otherwise, it equals 0.
osupbuildrev	Windows 10 Update Build Revision.
oswindows	Windows version. 0 - Unknown, 1 - WIN 95, 2 - WIN 98, 3 - WIN ME, 4 - WIN NT, 5 - WIN 2000, 6 - WIN XP, 7 - WIN 2003, 8 - WIN VISTA, 9 - WIN 7, 10 - WIN2008, 11 - WIN2008R2, 12 - WIN8, 13 - WIN2012, 14 - WIN81, 15 - WIN2012R2, 16 - WIN10, 17 - WIN11
oswinname	The name of user's Windows version.
parcount	Count of the command-line parameters.
par1,par2,par3,...	Command-line parameters.
progname	Program name, which is used in the folder name.
quote	Quotation mark .
rootdrive	Drive with Windows directory. For example, C:.
setuppath	The current installation path.
shortdate	The current date as YYMMDD.
shorttime	The current time as HHMMSS.
silent	Skip all dialogs if it equals 1.
space	The space character.
syslang	The user's OS system language.
tab	Tab character.
tempinstpath	Temporary installation directory.
time	The current time as HHMMSS.
usercountry	The user's country.
userlang	The user's language.
userlogon	The username used to establish a network connection ( acquired through the WNetGetUser function).
username	Username. See also Get Original User.
userorg	Organization.
ver	Version of the program.
year	Current year. Also, there are the variables #month# and #day#.

Predefined variables

See also