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[pscEx]

In the [Main] section of script.project there is an entry like:

ISOFile=%BaseDir%\ISO\%ProjectTitle%\%ProjectTitle%.iso

On project build, single file process, or CodeBox process, WinBuilder evaluates this line and defines 3 global variables:

• %ISOFile% - the complete path, e.g. %BaseDir%\ISO\nativeEx_barebone\nativeEx_barebone.iso
• %ISOFileName% the file name only, e.g. nativeEx_barebone.iso
• %ISODir% - the folder only, e.g. %BaseDir%\ISO\nativeEx_barebone

Rule #1: Never access [Main] ISOFile from a script! Use the suited variables instead!
Rule #2: Never change one of these variables!

How to work with these variables
Let me stay with nativeEx_barebone as sample project.

In ProjectInfo.Script two new internal variables are defined:

StrFormat,FILENAME,%IsoFile%,%tmp%

 StrFormat,EXT,%tmp%,%ext%

 StrFormat,REPLACE,%tmp%,%ext%,,%tmp%

 Set,%ISORootName%,%tmp%,PERMANENT

 Set,%RamISORootName%,%tmp%_RAM,PERMANENT

In this sample it will result with:

• %ISORootName% = nativeEx_barebone
• %RAMISORootName% = nativeEx_barebone_RAM

All ISO producing scripts like CreateISO.Script, RAMBoot.script, use these variables to define %burnISO%.
E.g. in RAMBoot.script:

Set,%burnISO%,%ISODir%\%RamISORootName%.iso,PERMANENT

Rule #3: In ISO producing scripts, only use %ISORootName% and %RAMISORootName%, and define %burnISO% permanent!

ALL ISO using scripts

• Emulators qEmu.Script,VirtualBox.script, VMWare.script
• Burning scripts like CDRecord.Script

use only %burnISO%

Rule #4: In ISO reading scripts, only use %burnISO%!

Peter

[Lancelot]

Nice to see you have Finalize your decisions about the subject
(%burnISO% is not history anymore , i will write them back )
I will follow methods described here.

Well it is nice to have final rules

here is sth i notice:

LiveXP have 3 create image scripts,

%ISORootName% = nativeEx_barebone
%RAMISORootName% = nativeEx_barebone_RAM
one more:
%WIMISORootName% = nativeEx_barebone_WIM

and maybe more in future

it is not important for me if it is written permanent by project info or sth else, just informing.