Dynamically change the Application path between 64 vs 32 bit machines

Hi Yoni,



See the Path to Tested Applications section of the Avoiding Computer-Specific Settings help topic.

Hi Allen, 



I've read this section before posting and it is not suitable for our needs (the application must run from a local HD).



Is there any other way of doing it?



Thanks,

Y

Hi Yoni,



As it is said in the help topic, you can use a relative path to your application. As an alternative, see the following SmartBear forums thread.

Hi,

If am not mistaken, it is possible to invoke the path to 'program files' in your code.

I have done that in several of my code:



Try this line of code:



aqEnvironment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PROGRAMFILES") +" \\<The path to your stored appi here>"





...

Hi,



Here is a jscript function that must be called before the use of TestedApps variable.

As the TestedApps.tcTas file may be saved after execution, i change the path of the tested application

in the two direction so that i don't matter the os of the last execution :

 I f i run the test on 64 bits os, i change to Program Files (x86)

 else i change to Program Files







function ChangeAppPathNameOs()

{

  var application,index;

  var os64bits = Sys.OSInfo.Windows64bit;

  if (os64bits) {

    for ( index=0;index<TestedApps.Count;index++)

    {

      application = TestedApps.Items(index);

      application.Path = application.Path.replace('Program Files\\','Program Files (x86)\\');

    }

  }  else

  {

    for ( index=0;index<TestedApps.Count;index++)

    {

      application = TestedApps.Items(index);

      application.Path = application.Path.replace('Program Files (x86)\\','Program Files\\');

    }    

  }

}

Yoni,



Have you found a way to do this yet? I've just run into the same issue and I could use a tip if you've got it.



Thanks,

Yehuda

Hi Yehuda,



Have you looked through all the suggestions mentioned in this thread? If you have any problems using them, let us know.

Karim,



how would you write that in VBScript?



Thanks

Would this work for VBScripting?




Sub ChangeASaMenuPath ()

  Dim Application

  Dim os64bits

  Dim aSaMenuPath

  os64bits = sys.OSInfo.Windows64bit

  aSaMenuPath = testedapps.aSaMenu.Path





  if (os64bits = true) then

    Application = Replace(aSaMenuPath,"Program Files","Program Files (x86)")

      else

    Application = Replace(aSaMenuPath,"Program Files (x86)","Program Files")  

  End If

End Sub 


It runs through without error but doesn't actually seem to do anything.