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How to add a new variable in the "Variables" wizard? [message #1707171]

Wed, 02 September 2015 14:38

Eclipse User

Hello,

Greetings.

I would like to know where the variables listed in "Variables wizard" are defined? Is there a configuration page in the installer?

How to add/remove/modify variables in the wizard?

Thanks,
Nazul

Re: How to add a new variable in the "Variables" wizard? [message #1707193 is a reply to message #1707171]

Wed, 02 September 2015 22:49

Eclipse User

Hi Nazul,

How variables are declared and used is explained in
https://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse_Oomph_Authoring#Declaring_and_Using_Variables .

If you describe in more detail what exactly you're trying to achieve I can possibly give more specific advice ;-)

Cheers
/Eike

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Am 03.09.2015 um 03:32 schrieb Nazul Islam:
> Hello,
>
> Greetings.
>
> I would like to know where the variables listed in "Variables wizard" are defined? Is there a configuration page in
> the installer?
>
> How to add/remove/modify variables in the wizard?
>
> Thanks,
> Nazul

Re: How to add a new variable in the "Variables" wizard? [message #1748180 is a reply to message #1707193]

Sun, 20 November 2016 13:11

Eclipse User

Hello,

I have a same problem.

I try to create my custom variable and to display in the Variables Page of installer. But my attempt failed. Please see attached file.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks,
Artem.

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Re: How to add a new variable in the "Variables" wizard? [message #1748188 is a reply to message #1748180]

Mon, 21 November 2016 01:18

Eclipse User

You've defined user.name to have the value ${scope.user.name} and scope.user.name is an induced variable that will have the value of the name property of the User scope. As such, even if the variable user.name is used in some task (as ${user.name}) it will already have value defined and will not be prompted. You could change your definition so that ${scope.user.name} is the default value of the variable. In this case (assuming ${user.name} is used in some task), the value will be prompted, but the field will have ${scope.user.name} as the initial value.

When editing a project setup, be sure to use the Outline view. In the "Unresolved Variables" group in the outline, you'll see the list of variables that will be prompted. It will also show you variables that are used but are undeclared; that's generally an authoring problem because those will be prompted but won't have a nice label and description to explain to the end user the purpose of that variable's value.

Re: How to add a new variable in the "Variables" wizard? [message #1749514 is a reply to message #1748188]

Wed, 07 December 2016 11:32

Eclipse User

Hi Ed,

Thanks for help, but problem is not resolved.
See the screenshot in attached file.

It is a bug ? Or I'm wrong?

Thanks,
Artem

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[Updated on: Wed, 07 December 2016 11:46] by Moderator

Re: How to add a new variable in the "Variables" wizard? [message #1749566 is a reply to message #1749514]

Thu, 08 December 2016 03:52

Eclipse User

In your screen shot you have {$user.fullname}. No doubt you intended ${user.fullname}.

Re: How to add a new variable in the "Variables" wizard? [message #1749594 is a reply to message #1749566]

Thu, 08 December 2016 08:20

Eclipse User

A lot of thanks, I inattentive.

My problem was solved.

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