silent install wizard SetVariableAction failed with java.lang.NullPointerException

[Prospov]

Hi All,
I am using InstallShield Universal Installer 10.5.
I've create a variable TEST_LOCATION as local variable in the Property Manager and initialized it to "C:\Program Files\Test". I then add SetVariableAction in the pre-install wizard sequence to set this variable TEST_LOCATION to "C:\Program Files\Test1".
During interactive install the wizard action work fine (i.e no error or exception is logged)
However, in silent install mode I got the following exception:
(23/05/2006 15:49:42), Install, com.installshield.product.wizardbeans.SetVariableAction, err, java.lang.NullPointerException
STACK_TRACE: 6
java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.installshield.product.wizardbeans.SetVariableAction.execute(Unknown Source)
at com.installshield.wizard.StandardWizardListener.execute(Unknown Source)
at com.installshield.wizard.StandardWizardListener.currentBeanChanged(Unknown Source)
at com.installshield.wizard.Wizard$RunThread.run(Unknown Source)

When I write to the log file the value of $V(TEST_LOCATION) it is resolved as "C:\Program Files\Test"

I find this is very puzzling.

Any help or suggestion would be much appreciated.


Thanks in advanced.


Prospov.

[dilip.kamalia]

I am getting the NullPointerException even withous silent installation.
Can u give me ur code plz

[ast081]

Hello,

Even i am facing same problem.

I am using one windows get registry value action in pre-install sequence to obtain the value os startMenu path and am setting this path value to one variable like S_path using SetVariable action .And this variable am using it as $V(S_path) to many of my executeprocess and copy file action to copy some of my .ini and .ico files.

Silent installations works fine if i add this S_path to respone file with complete path .otherwise it is failing with following error

"com.installshield.product.wizardbeans.SetVariableAction, err, java.lang.NullPointerException"

I saw u r also facing similar kind of problem

Did you get any solution to this ?

Its very uregent,please if any suggestion please provide me

Thanks in advance
ast081