# Save a property set to a variable

**URL:** https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/save-a-property-set-to-a-variable/3958
**Category:** Feature Requests
**Created:** [July 16, 2008, 8:18am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/save-a-property-set-to-a-variable/3958 "2008-07-16T08:18:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![gridsense](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/gridsense/32/88_2.png) [@gridsense](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/gridsense)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2008, 8:18am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/save-a-property-set-to-a-variable/3958/1 "2008-07-16T08:18:03Z")

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It would be really helpful if FB could save a property set to a variable.  
This would enable a FB script to conveniently pass version information from the script to an install engine such as Inno.

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To some extent this can be done now, by saving the property set to an ini file, but this is not as convenient as a variable. For example, with a variable, I can replace the value of #define statements in an inno script, from FB, but I cannot do the same with an ini file.

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Also, how about extending the fundamental types for variables to include stringlist?

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Faithfully,

Sean B. Durkin

(GridSense)

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### Author: ![tate](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e19b73/32.png) [@tate](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/tate)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2008, 4:11am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/save-a-property-set-to-a-variable/3958/2 "2008-07-21T04:11:53Z")

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Have you had a look at the “PropertySet to Variable” action? If so, can you tell me how we can improve it so that it works better for you.   
  
 .t8