Uninstall tasks related question for InstallScript MSI project.
Hi all, I have an InstallScript MSI project. In the .rul files I want to do some install and uninstall tasks. I do post install tasks in OnFirstUIAfter(). I want to do certain tasks at uninstall time....
View ArticleSetup.exe Icon File Question
Hi all, I followed the instructions(Setup.exe Tab for a Release) to specify an icon file for the setup.exe. After building, the icon shows up when you look at setup.exe file. But when I run setup.exe,...
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Chinese characters on top left corner of error dialog boxes?
Many times, when an error dialog box comes up, in particular, when a custom action error occurs, the dialog box that comes up to warn you about it has meaningless Chinese characters on the top left of...
View ArticleBasic MSI - Setup.EXE and MSI Requirements
I'm using BasicMSI project and using a Setup.EXE to a compressed single EXE. I require Windows Installer 4.5. When installing on a computer (Server 2003 R2) that had Windows Installer 3.1 and didn't...
View ArticleRadio Button detection..
Hi All, I'm trying to figure out the best way to check the status of a radio button when I click the Next button on my custom dialog. This is a basic MSI application. Ideally, when the user selects a...
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Labels are unchangeable
I have Installation with 2 languages - English and German. German version is "problematic"- If I define the label for Panel Get User Input, is the label for main windows still overwritten by default...
View ArticleFlexNet Manager Inventory Agent Supports Windows 10
Flexera Software is pleased to announce that the FlexNet Manager inventory agent version 9.2.3 or higher supports the Microsoft Windows 10 operating system. There is no need to download a new agent;...
View ArticleCannot see updates in Flexnet Connect
Hello, We are using FlexNet Connect to manage updates to our product packaged with InstallShield2012 Spring Edition. We have a field version of 6.0.01 and we are trying to make a major upgrade to...
View ArticleCombining Dialogs
Hi all, Currently I have the AskDestPath on which you click Next and that will show the SdStartCopy2 dialog on which you click the Install button to start the installation. I want to combine these two...
View ArticleGUID Regular expression using installscript
Hi, I am using Installscript msi project, in one of my dialog I am entering the GUID value in the textbox, I want to check whether the eneterd value is GUID or not, through installscript. Thanks, Suresh
View ArticleVisual Studio 2015 Solution Explorer nodes do not show files for other projects
I have solutions in Visual Studio 2015 to which I have added InstallShield 2015 Express Setup projects. When I open the solutions, in Solution Explorer the branches for my projects ("Header Files",...
View ArticleRemote Repackager install unable to locate specific VCRedist it requires
When I run the Setup.exe for Remote Repackager in AdminStudio 2015 it fails looking for a dependency - Visual C++ 2012 Update 1 Redist. This version is not available for download from Microsoft (which...
View ArticleInstallShield 2014 - Where is UI sequence After SetupCompleteSuccess?
Hi, I'm using InstallShield 2014 Premier. I'm trying to invoke a custom action after my setup has completed. However, when setting up the custom action I do not see the install UI Sequence "After...
View ArticleLoading RTF license file freezes the UI
Hi, At my company I am migrating our existing installers to InstallShield. I have run into a problem with loading our end user license agreement (EULA) into the license dialog. It takes too long time...
View ArticleHow to Generate Setup.Jar
Hi, Am new to this tool and am using InstallAnyWhere-2013. Actually i need to automate the InstallerUI generated by installanywhere, but to do so i need the setup file in the .JAR format. Is there any...
View ArticleFiltering localDB instances from the SQL Server login dialog
Is there a way to filter out localDB instances for the SQL Server browser/login dialog? The product I'm working on doesn't currently support localDB, so I'd like to display only valid choices for a...
View ArticleAdministrator privilege required to run CreateSkinFile.exe
Hi, I'm working on code to manage unattended builds of installers for a product using InstallShield 2015 Professional. One step in this process is to automatically generate the skin file for the...
View ArticleIS not working in SQL scripts, On Error, Aborted Installation
Hi all, What SQL error does InstallShield expects? The installation is using default settings for SQL scripts, 'On Error, Abort Installation'. When sql script RAISERROR(.....) with error severity = 16,...
View ArticleSilent installer response file - extra dialog sequence section
When I run the installer in RECORD mode, my response file has an additional dialog sequence section at the end. In my file, the first dialog sequence section uses my current product code:...
View ArticleHow to always make setup create log files
I have a suite project that I have configured to create log files, but it requires the user to always execute the setup from a command line to get the log files. Tech Support has requested a feature...
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