Error: "No matching % for a variable name"

Article:TECH36356

Created: 2007-10-23

Updated: 2008-10-02

Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH36356

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Problem

Error: "No matching % for a variable name."

Environment

Wisescripts

Wise Package Studio
Wise Installation Studio
Wise Installation Systems

Cause

Has a percentage before a string within the registry key value.

Solution

Need to pre-append another percentage in front of the existing percentage.

For example, let's compare registry key values to demonstrate:

%Test ~ Will not allow you to compile
%%Test ~ Will allow you to compile

It will only install %Test on the box. The extra percentage is to notify Wise Installer that the % is not intended to reference a variable.

Note: This behavior will happen in registry keys, INI file, Insert Line in text file, Display Message, Custom Dialogs or in any location where a variable can be referenced.

Legacy ID

38907