GetInstallationDirectories

Will retrieve important places where a product is installed. Will always contains the directory path in which the main exe resides. The paths will always end with the system file separator.

Syntax

Method ID

#define WAAPI_MID_COMMON_GET_INSTALL_DIR 104

JSON Input Structure

{
  "input": {
    "method": 104,
    "signature": number,
    "instance_id": string
  }
}

Input Properties

Parameter	Type	Description
`instance_id`	string	(optional) (macOS only) (macOS only) The current instance id of the product

JSON Output Structure

{
  "result": {
    "method": 104,
    "code": number,
    "timing": number,
    "timestamp": string,
    "main": string,
    "directories": [
      string,
      ...
    ]
  }
}

Output Properties

Property	Type	Description
`result.method`	number	The method ID that generated this result.
`result.code`	number	The result code. See Result Codes.
`result.timing`	number	The measured time for the method call in milliseconds.
`result.timestamp`	string	The timestamp in seconds of when the call was made.
`result.main`	string	The path to the directory from which the product runs.
`result.directories`	array<string>	The paths to other directories where a product has installed data/binaries.

Result Codes

Code	Name	Description
0	`WAAPI_OK`	The operation completed successfully.

note

Other codes may be returned. See the full Result Codes reference for the complete list.

Remarks

Error Handling

The results of this function are determined by the error code returned by the call. If successful, WAAPI_OK or a special success code will be returned. Always check both the function return value and the result.code field in the output JSON.

Examples

Examples will be added here demonstrating the usage of this method.

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