Right to left languages
I am experimenting with Right-to-left languages in Installshield 12 to get a feel for it. I thought i would try to make changes to the english language install such that one if its dialog boxes...
View Articlesetup.iss not being populated with correct information
I have an InstallShield .EXE. I run this with a -r to create the setup.iss file. The setup.exe runs, launches an .MSI and once the .MSI runs I enter some information. "server name" "location" etc......
View ArticleChained MSI does not uninstall.
I'm using Basic MSI and along with files I'm installing, I'm chaining an MSI (Driver pack). It installs fine but the uninstaller does not uninstall the chained msi (it uninstalls everything else). I've...
View ArticleInstallAnywhere 2012 IDE launch time 1.5 min?
I looked thru the threads and didn't see anyone else have a problem with IA 2012 IDE taking ~1.5 min to load? I turned off the virus scan to see if that made a diff but it didn't. IA 2011 takes about...
View ArticleMoving project to new build directory causes it to build non working installer
When we finish a release and make a new stream in accurev, the installer for this project fails when built from the new area. Example, the workspace for the successful release was in...
View ArticleSystem Rebooting after prerequisite installation even though marked to NOT
I have a situation where I need to ensure that prerequisites do not even automatically reboot my system - either on installation or on update. Per the manual, I have set ALL of our prereqs to "Note it,...
View ArticleHow to use [ProductVersion] as part of the [INSTALLDIR]
In Visual Studio 2010, I could use [ProductVersion] as part of the [TARGETDIR]. In Visual Studio 2012, I cannot get this to work - it always creates the folder with the literal '[ProductVersion]' for...
View ArticleHow-To
I would like to see a thread where we can share recommended application packaging practices. I think it is invaluable to those in the industry to have a common place to contribute and discuss.
View ArticleError 1720 in custom action
I'm trying to use a VBScript custom action to alter the [INSTALLDIR] property. I've got the script set to run 'After Initialization (before first dialog)'. Even when I have the script with just 'MsgBox...
View ArticleCan not change the language of Radio button on License screen (Localization...
Hi, I am devloping a Installscript MSI project in InstallShield 2012 Spring. There is a requirement that installation should work in 6 languages,so I selected required language and created the setup. I...
View ArticleCan not change the language of Radio button on License screen (Localization...
Hi, I am devloping a Installscript MSI project . There is a requirement that installation should work in 6 languages,so I selected required language and created the setup. I changed the required...
View ArticleChained MSI installation window appears behind main InstallShield window
Is there any way to force the chained MSI installer window to move to the front instead of being hidden behind the main InstallShield window?
View Article.NET 4.0 Client Install fails as Redistributable in Windows 7 64bit
I have setup a pretty vanilla installer with my project which installs my program executable which requires the .NET 4.0 framework client. I added the .NET 4.0 redistributable to the InstallShield...
View ArticleHow to build Single MSI using VS2012 and Installshield LE
No matter what I try, when I build my setup project, it always only builds the DVD-5 media. I really what to package the installer as a single MSI file. The included help file says that I can...
View ArticleUninstall leaving .OCX file behind.
My installation is installing the Flash Active X control (a .OCX file) as a dependency (Thank you Crystal Reports!). The uninstall is leaving this one file behind and not deleting it. Even though I am...
View ArticleHow to get uninstall to NOT delete registry entry
As part of my install, I create a key and value in the registry. In VS2010, I could set a property on each value to not delete the value on uninstall. There does not seem to be such an option in...
View ArticleAddFolderIcon for all users with MSI
Hello, I've been rewriting an old isntallscript installer into a new MSI and have run into an issue with Icons. We build the start menu shortcuts to go to the standard location using the Shortcuts View...
View Articleadd a 420mb .exe to the project, adds almost 900mb to the size of the...
We have a custom action set up to install a second .exe that's 420mb. It works fine except that now the project jumped up to a 1gb in size. This makes it a large file that is very slow to install. Any...
View ArticleControl location of installer GUI
Hello, IA's behavior is to display the GUI centered on the screen. The trouble in our case is that our systems are in dual monitor mode, only and the display is setup so that it stretches across both...
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