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Prerequisites not installing during msiexec in silent mode

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Using InstallShield 2012 Spring SP1 Premier Edition, I have a Basic MSI project that builds a setup.exe. It works great with and without UI (silent mode from admin level command line).

Now I am tasked with having an msi installation file that runs in silent mode – I got it to work with UI, but in silent mode the setup prerequisites do not install. I have read numerous posts on this subject, but am not clear if I am missing something. Is there anything I can do to make the prerequisites install when running msiexec at the admin level command line in silent mode?

(The .msi file I am currently using I got after installing the product using the setup.exe. All works great UNTIL I add the /qn command line option.)

Running Install Script with Elevated Privileges

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We're trying to get our installation to run with UAC turned on. Our install script contains several calls to regasm and ngen executables. It therefore needs to run with elevated privileges. Setting the Required Execution Level works for the Setup.exe, but I can't do the same for installation using the .msi file.
I've set "Require Administrative Privileges" to "Yes" in the Summary Information Stream, but the installation runs without calling regasm and the .tlb files we require are not created.

I'm a user with Admin rights, running InstallShield 2011 on Windows 7. What else do I need to do?

Open Release Engineer position

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Hello All,

Allscripts is looking for a release engineer who has significant installer experience, and as well experience working with Enterprise Web Applications. Please PM me if you are interested.

Find below the job posting:

http://www.allscripts.com/en/company...&CurrentPage=2


Job Title: Release Engineer
City: Burlington
State: Vermont
Country: US
Description: Allscripts delivers the insights that healthcare providers require to generate world-class outcomes. The company’s Electronic Health Record, practice management and other clinical, revenue cycle, connectivity and information solutions create a Connected Community of Health™ for physicians, hospitals and post-acute organizations.

We are currently recruiting a Release Engineer for our TouchWorks team based in our South Burlington, VT office.

Purpose of Role: Support the daily release engineering and configuration management efforts of our TouchWorks Development staff.

Responsibilities:

• Build, configure, and maintain the software installation process as needed for development efforts. Manage and configure the installers used for packing software builds. Keep these up to date with the current release and requests for changes as needed. Improve the reliability of the process and tools used over time.
• Create and maintain installation guides and manuals as needed for each release. Verify accuracy and test the reliability of the installation documents.
• Create and maintain scripts needed for the daily build process and the implementation of installation tools into that process.
• Maintain and support release engineering code and tools in source code control across multiple releases and branches of development.
• Manage release process for software, upload software to required locations, provide notification of release availability and respond to inquiries.
• Build, manage, upgrade and maintain environments required for installation process.
• Assist in the process to continuously improve the installation, reliability and supportability of the software we release to clients.
• Provide configuration management and daily software build support for development teams as needed.
• Provide internal support for installation related questions, changes or concerns.
• Provide “Go Live” support and research for critical release engineering cases.

Expectations:

• Responsible for taking various projects from the initiation phase to the final delivery stage.
• Responsible for triaging incoming issues and requests for all members of development and other supporting teams as we work towards our delivery milestones.
• Complete all tasks that meet agreed requirements and internal customer expectations
• Ensure efforts to continually improve technical knowledge
• Consistent efforts for delivering as per agreed schedule / plan and excelling within that.
• Keep all stakeholders informed in a timely manner about project status, any concerns and potential delays
• Set realistic goals, monitor progress and deliver on expectations.
• Deliver with defined the highest quality standards along with minimal amount of downtime, disruptions, or re-work.
• Document issues with resolutions and share with team members to improve team productivity.
• Knowledge transfer with other team members to improve overall team education level
• Actively participate in team meetings and make valuable contribution.
• Create scripts, use automation etc. to provide a better and more efficient way to complete daily tasks.
• Operate as a resource to improve the upgrade process internally and externally and the way we provision and build resources.


Job Requirements: Academic and professional qualifications
• Successful completion of an Associate’s or Bachelor’s Degree from accredited college or university (preferably in Computer Science/ Information Systems Engineering) or relevant technical experience.

Experience:
• Typically requires 3 - 5 years of release engineering experience.

Necessary Knowledge:
• WIX Installer
• Installshield 2010 or above
• InstallScript, VBScript and C# scripting.
• Batch and PowerShell scripting.
• Team Foundation Server - Source Code control experience
• Experience working with enterprise information systems.
• Software configuration management experience.
• Software build process knowledge and experience.
• Previous Jenkins and/or TeamCity knowledge.
• Solid general knowledge in Windows Server 2003 and IIS 6.0 as well as Windows Server 2008 and IIS 7.x.
• Familiarity with configuration, security and administration of Microsoft SQL Server 2008
• Solid general knowledge in Systems; IT, Networking protocols, etc.

Personal Skills and Characteristics:

• Customer service oriented.
• Capable of quick, independent study.
• Solid self-learning capabilities.
• Team player.
• Track record of working with mission critical systems.
• Ability to conduct research into systems issues and products.
• Good project management skills.
• Good written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent listening and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to communicate ideas in both technical and user-friendly language.
• Highly self-motivated and directed.
• Proven analytical and creative problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.


Thanks,

Technique question: put component into multiple features, or create common feature?

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There have been many times in which a certain component in my project is needed in more than one feature (usually because the different features get built with different products). When such a case arises I've avoided putting the component in multiple features. Instead, I create a single "common" feature that has release flags to indicate it will get built with multiple products, and I put the component in that feature. I've always been opposed to putting components into more than one feature, thinking that it is cleaner to create common features instead. But even this approach can get messy. Is one technique better than the other? Is there a "best practices" way of handling this situation?

Setup Prerequisite folder structures

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Is setup prerequisites still not able to have a folder structure? I have an install I need to add to my project and of course they have it uncompressed with a bunch of files and folders. I tried to include in Disk 1 but I really wanted the prerequisite to be contained from the setup.exe. I'm currently writing a batch file to recreate the folder structure so I can run the installer.

Cheers!

Basic MSI no longer updating files when installing

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I have a basic MSI file which I have used for a few years now. For each product update (all the same version just different sub-version) I simply rebuild with the changed files and allow Installshield to change the package file and this has worked great for many sub-versions and means I only build one installation which is both for new customers and upgrading alike. Today I have just done exactly the same and built my msi as a .exe as usual. Run from within InstallShield 10 it works fine, say it is removing the old product and installs the update.

If however I run the .exe from outside InstallShield it says 'Do you want to upgrade this product', goes all the way to the end without any obvious errors but does not update any files. I have restored the installation from a backup to be sure I haven't accidentaly changed anything but i can't explain this change in behaviour and why it works when run from inside Installshield but not when running the executable direct.

Differentiate Winserver2012 and Win 8.1

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I am trying to identify whether OS is , Windows 8.1 or Windows server 2012 R2.

SYSINFO.WINNT.bWin81 returns TRUE for both the OS, how do we identify?
Appreciate any responses...

THanks.

Silent install gives "Another version is already installed...", interactive doesn't.

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Hi there,

We're trying to get our continuous integration environment working, and this includes pushing new builds of our SETUP.EXE to servers and having them automatically run to put the latest version of our software down.

We currently do this by running: "SETUP.EXE /S". We have a SETUP.ISS file that we recorded, but it seems really hit or miss whether or not this thing works.

Sometimes it works flawlessly. Sometimes it updates the product version in the control panel, but doesn't update any of the files. Sometimes it fails completely, and I see this in the log:

"Another version of this product is already installed. Installation of this version cannot continue. To configure or remove the existing version of this product, use Add/Remove Programs on the Control Panel."

However, if I actually log into the machine and run the installation by double clicking on it, I get exactly the dialog I expect: "This setup will perform an upgrade of "My Product". Do you want to continue?". I say yes, and everything happens like it should.

What gives? Is there some other command line argument I need to pass to get this thing working right? I've tried /v"REINSTALLMODE=vomus REINSTALL=ALL", but that did the same thing.

Thanks for any help,

Chris

Basic MSI - Web Application Packaging

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Hi All,
As I'm newbie to the application packaging, could anyone explain me on achieving the below task?
Currently, I'm using InstallShield 2013 for packaging and so far I'm able to make an application installer for deploying web application as part of the fresh installation.
First time Installation does the following tasks,
1) Copies the application files and folders to the target machine
2) Creates a virtual directory and application pool in IIS
During uninstall, installer is removing IIS settings as well, which I am not suppose to do. How to avoid this during uninstallation?
Now we are supposed to release the next version/upgrade of the application which should perform the below tasks
1) Check for existing version
2) Remove all the folders/files which were part of the initial installation except two configuration files. At this point upgrade package should replace original files/folders with the new one without disturbing the configuration files.
So can anyone please tell me how to perform the above tasks?

FNMP demo license

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hi
I'm new to FNMP 9.2. can someone tell me how do I obtain a free trial and a demo license?

thanks in advance

How I can create these two things? Help

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Hi good morning,

I am using InstallShield to create my installers. I wanted to ask a question.

I would like to know how I can create a console in installshield for windows defender off me when my program installed.

Tutorial: http://computerstepbystep.com/window...r_service.html

The problem I'm trying to log off using Windows 8.1 but gives me errors and let me know how I can do it another way to disable it.


Moreover, I would like to know how I can run a file when it is going to produce an uninstall or repair.

Process.Start (Application.StartupPath & "\application.exe", "/restart")


I would like to know how I can make a file run installshield where sencuentra installed and I run a command as indicated in the code while uninstalling or repairing the program runs.


Much appreciate your help. Thank you

Is there a way to transfer preference settings from IA 2013 to IA 2014

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Is there a quick way to transfer the preference settings from one version of InstallAnywhere to a new one? I usually wind up manually entering them every time. Is there a file I can just copy from one install to the other?

Thanks,
Steve Windham

Problem signing dylib with OSX Mavericks

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Starting with OSX Mavericks, Apple changed the codesign tool. Basically, if you want to sign a .app, all nested code need to be signed too. Which means that each dylib needs to be signed.

In my app, I have many ***_libFNP.dylib files, but I can't sign them and therefore, I can't sign the .app. Is there any way to sign a Flexnet lib?

Thanks

Clicking Yes on CancelSetup dialog still proceeds to uninstall

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I'm using an InstallShield Basic MSI Project and I am trying to cancel out of an uninstall, but the uninstall still proceeds until finished. A dialog (SetupProgress) shows the progress of the uninstall and upon clicking the Cancel button, it pops up a CancelSetup dialog that asks if I would like to cancel the uninstallation. When clicking "Yes" a property gets set and then the CancelSetup dialog exits and the uninstall still proceeds. I found that this issue occurs when Cancel is clicked shortly after the SetupProgress dialog is shown. If I wait a little bit and then click Cancel and "Yes", it actually cancels the uninstall.

This issue occurs only during a Change->Remove from Programs and Features. Clicking the Uninstall button from Programs and Features works fine. I believe this is due to the Uninstall button running in silent mode and uses different dialogs.

After looking at my install log I notice that there are errors showing up shortly after the "Yes" is clicked. It appears like "Yes" is being clicked during the ExecuteAction custom action. Then a little ways down in that custom action I get these lines:

Name:  Error 1168 Cancel Uninstall.JPG
Views: 6
Size:  64.8 KB

I've looked around for this error and haven't found much that would be useful for me. Below are some images of how the behavior looks for the SetupProgress and CancelSetup dialogs:

Name:  SetupProgressBehavior.JPG
Views: 5
Size:  38.2 KB

Name:  CancelSetupBehavior.JPG
Views: 5
Size:  24.1 KB

Is there any way I can get this cancel to not be ignored due to this error?
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How to use ISWiAutoUpgradeEntries method

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am using InstallShield Automation Interface to automate my packaging process. I am tryng to use ISWiAutoUpgradeEntries method of ISWiProject object from VBscript to get the details of specific auto upgrade item entry from upgrade items list. I used the code given in install shield automation interface help library but it fails to find the upgrade item and return the "Automation Error: Element not found" error message.
Sample VBScript code:

<skip>
Set m_ISWiProj = CreateObject("IswiAuto19.ISWiProject")
m_ISWiProj.OpenProject("C:\Installer\MyApp.ism")
Set m_AutomaticUpgradeEntries = m_ISWiProj.ISWiAutoUpgradeEntries("SearchItem")
<skip>
Error message on execution:

c:\Installer\test.vbs(17, 1) ISWiAuto19: Automation error
Element not found.
> ISWiAutomation.IswiAutomaticUpgradeEntries.Initialize
> ISWiAutomation.IswiProject.IswiAutoUpgradeEntries
Can anyone explain me how to solve this or what is wrong here?

Unable to open Components

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I upgraded Installshield 2011 to 2014. .ism file convertion successful.
i am able to build, edit the scripts and install.

When i click on "Components", install shield throws a popup, which does not have any text but just a error icon.

Anybody know, why it does so?

Note: i am using the trial version of Install shield 2014. We are still analyzing to upgrade to 2014.

Component Pane throws empty error popup

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I am using the evaluation version of Installshield 2014.
I am able to edit the scripts, build and install, but i am not able to open the Components Pane.

it throws popup with just a error icon but with no messages in it.

I don't see this issue mentioned in the limitations of evaluation version.

Can some one help?

Unable to Replace Times New Roman Font on Windows 8.1

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While trying to replace Times New Roman font I'm getting the following message.

Action 8:34:26: InstallFiles. Copying new files
MSI (s) (D4:E4) [08:34:26:992]: Product: FontInstall. The application tried to install a more recent version of the protected Windows file C:\Windows\Fonts\times.ttf. You may need to update your operating system for this application to work correctly. (Package Version: 65535.0.0.0, Operating System Protected Version: 6.85.0.0).

Is there any other way I can do this?

Suhaib

Dialogs & Bitmaps

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Hi,

Installscript 2013 & 2014

I want to place an additional bitmap on the Welcome and Finish dialogs.

I add a new bitmap control to the dialogs, dimensions 208 x 16. I have the File Name property of the bitmap controls pointing to a valid 256 colour bitmap on disc, dimensions 208 x 16... i.e. the same size.

When running the resultant installation the bitmap on screen appears just over half this size for both height and width, this is regardless of which machine i test the installation on.

What gives? How can I ensure that a bitmap control specified as W x H pixels and is pointing to a valid bitmap of W x H pixels actually displays that bitmap as W x H pixels?

Thanks,
Keith

sql script in maintenance mode

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HIIII All,
i realy face big problem that i want to run sql script attached to feature during repaire , i check the option run sql script during install but it never fire during repaire
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