copy ( source , dest )

Assigns a file to be copied. The file specified by source is copied to the location specified by dest.

dirCreate ( folder )

Assigns the directory referred to by the folder argument to be created. This folder must have been returned by the Install.getFolder function.

dirGetParent ( folder )

Returns the parent directory of the folder argument. This folder must have been returned by the Install.getFolder function.

dirRemove ( folder , recurse )

Assigns the directory referred to by the folder argument to be removed. If recurse is set to true, the directory is deleted recursively. If false, the directory is only deleted if it is empty.

dirRename ( folder , newname )

Assigns the directory referred to by the folder argument to be renamed. The newname argument should be set to a string that contains the new name of the directory.

diskSpaceAvailable ( folder )

Returns the number of bytes of available space on the disk on which the given folder is located on.

execute ( file , args )

Assigns a file to be executed during the installation. You may optionally specify arguments. This function is not the same as the Install.execute function. That function runs files from inside the installer archive only. This function is used to run files which are already on disk.

exists ( file )

Returns true if the file exists.

isDirectory ( folder )

Returns true if the given folder is a reference to a directory.

isFile ( file )

Returns true if the given folder is a reference to a file.

macAlias ( sourceFolder , sourceFile , aliasFolder )

Assigns a Macintosh shortcut to another file be created. On non-Macintosh systems, this function does nothing. Arguments are as follows:

sourceFolder	Refers to the folder containing the file which the alias points to. This argument must be returned by getFolder.
sourceFile	A string that holds the filename of the alias.
aliasFolder	Refers to the location of the new alias. This argument must be returned by getFolder.

modDate ( file )

Returns the last modified date of the given file. The date is returned as a number, which you can then pass to the JavaScript Date object.

modDateChanged ( file , date )

Returns true if last modified date of the given file is different than the date given by the second argument. This might be used to compare versions of files.

move ( source , dest )

Assigns a file given by source to be moved to a different location given by dest.

nativeVersion ( file )

remove ( file )

Assigns a file to be removed.

rename ( file , newname )

Assigns the file referred to by the file argument to be renamed. The newname argument should be set to a string that contains the new name of the file.

size ( file )

Returns the size in bytes of the given file.

unixLink ( source , flags )

windowsRegisterServer ( folder )

Used to register Windows COM servers. The argument folder should refer to the library file.

windowsShortcut ( target , shortcut , desc , workingDir , args , icon , iconid )

Assigns a Windows shortcut to another file to be created. On non-Windows systems, this function does nothing. Arguments are as follows:

target	A string that holds the target of the shortcut.
shortcut	A string that holds the path and filename of the shortcut.
desc	The description of the shortcut.
workingDir	The working directory of the shortcut, when it is executed, assuming that the shortcut points to an executable file.
args	The arguments passed to the shortcut when executed.
icon	A string that holds the path of the file that contains the shortcut's icon.
iconid	The ID of the icon within the icon file.