windows - Constant for AppDataLocalLow in Inno Setup?

Question

Currently to access LocalLow I use this:

{%USERPROFILE}AppDataLocalLow

But I would like to know if there's a constant for that in Inno Setup, since both Roaming and Local have one.

Answer 1

There's no constant for AppDataLocalLow.

You may use Pascal Scripting to resolve it.

To resolve the "LocalLow", one has to use SHGetKnownFolderPath.
See also Detect the location of AppDataLocalLow.

The implementation involves few hacks, due to a lack of (wide) PChar type in Unicode Inno Setup.

const
  MAX_PATH = 260;
  AppDataLocalLowGUID = '{A520A1A4-1780-4FF6-BD18-167343C5AF16}';

{ There's no PChar in Unicode Inno Setup, }
{ pretend the function returns a pointer to an Integer }
function SHGetKnownFolderPath(rfid: TGUID; dwFlags: DWORD; hToken: THandle;
  var ppszPath: Integer): Integer;
  external 'SHGetKnownFolderPath@Shell32.dll stdcall';

{ And allow the Integer to be copied to string }
function StrCpy(Dest: string; Source: Integer): Integer;
  external 'StrCpyW@Shlwapi.dll stdcall';

{ And allow the Integer pointer to be released }
procedure CoTaskMemFreeAsInteger(pv: Integer);
  external 'CoTaskMemFree@Ole32.dll stdcall';

function GetAppDataLocalLow: string;
var
  Path: Integer;
  I: Integer;
begin
  if SHGetKnownFolderPath(StringToGUID(AppDataLocalLowGUID), 0, 0, Path) = 0 then
  begin
    { The path should not be longer than MAX_PATH }
    SetLength(Result, MAX_PATH);

    StrCpy(Result, Path);

    CoTaskMemFreeAsInteger(Path);

    { Look for NUL character and adjust the length accordingly }
    SetLength(Result, Pos(#0, Result) - 1);
  end;
end;

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If you need to use the path in non-Code section (outside of the Pascal Script), you can use a scripted constant:

[Files]
Source: myfile.txt; DestDir: {code:GetAppDataLocalLow}

And you need to change the function signature to take a dummy parameter:

function GetAppDataLocalLow(Param: string): string;