[Interest] QtIFW: Can not process @TargetDir@ that contain windows paths

[Mike Jackson]

I am trying to run a post install script from a QtIFW generated 
installer. In it I need to work with a Windows path of the form 
"C:\DREAM3D_SDK/Qt5.6.0" in order to pass the path into the Qt5.6.0 
online installer so that the version of Qt gets installed into the 
proper location on the users system. The issue is that JavaScript will 
remove the "\" character because JS thinks that it starts an escape 
sequence. For example some code:

var Path= "@TargetDir@/Qt5.6.0"; // TargetDir = C:\DREAM3D_SDK
var replaced = Path.replace(/\\/g, "/");
// replaced  = C:DREAM3D_SDK/Qt5.6.0

The only solution I have found is to use String.raw`` BUT the version of 
JS that QtIFW uses does not support that function. Is there some way of 
getting @TargetDir@ to hand back either "\\" style or "/" style paths?

Thanks
Mike Jackson
BlueQuartz Software.