application builder does not create empty directories?

[Kreuters]

hey

i have got a project compiling with the application builder (LV 8.2.1), which works fine. along with the existing files, i also want the installer to create a couple of empty directories, which i add in the source file section of the installer properties. once built, the installer never creates these directories however.

how can i get it to do so? (short of putting empty files in the directories)

[YatinM]

Hi

You are correct when you say that you are unable to create an empty folder via the installer stage. It is not actually possible. Have you tried creating batch files and create the folder that way?

YatinM

[FTI_Newton]

Argh! I have the same issue. This is no good. My app looks for specific plugins in a folder, and reacts a certain way if it's empty. I need that folder to exist as part of the applications directory structure! Plenty of workarounds, but they are all hokey.

Can we make this a feature request?  A  'create always' flag for destination directories, or something along those lines. 

[FTI_Newton]

In LV 8.5 at least, you can add empty directories with the Installer builder, but not with the Application builder; maybe 8.2 is the same? Sorry I don't know - we jumped from 8.0 to 8.5.

Look in the Source Files properties there are 4 icons under the "Destination View" window. They create, rename, delete, and set default.

[d.w.b]

A new "empty" folder can be created in the installer build specification destination view but it does not seem to be created when the installer runs.